By U.B. Acharya With the conclusion of ATP Finals at O2 Arena in London in mid November, the curtain closed for the 2020 ATP Tennis season. Normally the season has about 70 ATP tournaments plus over 100 Challengers and ITF Features tournaments spread throughout the year and all over the world. However, due to the…
The students of Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET), Mysuru, bagged winners trophy in the State-level Inter-Collegiate Women Tennis Championship 2020 organised at R.V. College of Engineering in Bengaluru recently. Seen are (sitting from left) PE Director K.B. Manjunath, VVIET Principal Dr. M. Ravishankar, tennis team captain Yashitha S. Nayaka, R. Shivani and…
Indian tennis icon Leander Paes yesterday announced that he will bring the curtains down on his illustrious career in 2020, which will be his farewell season on the Pro-circuit. His cupboard overflowing with hundreds of trophies, that include 18 coveted Grand Slam Doubles titles, the 46-year-old has been enduring a lean patch for some time….
The Mysore Tennis Club (MTC) in Chamarajapuram here, one of the primary Tennis Clubs in the country promoting the game of tennis, established in 1969, celebrated its Golden Jubilee at its premises here last evening. The MTC has been producing talented tennis players who have gone on to represent the country in different levels from…
Mysuru lad Arnav Pathange, taking part in the Grade IV ITF Juniors Tennis Tournament 2019 being played at R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, DLTA Tennis Complex, New Delhi, from Nov.25 to 30, won his first round Boys Singles match and entered the pre-quarterfinals yesterday. Arnav Pathange beat Akhilendran Indrabalan 6-2, 6-3 and sailed into the pre-quarterfinals….
By U.B. Acharya With the conclusion of US Open Tennis Tournament last month where Geriatric Rafael Nadal (33 years) had the better of one of the Next-Gen players, Daniil Medvedev (23 years), the curtain closed on Grand Slam events for the decade. However, this write-up is not about the final match or the whole tournament…
Prashant Hamsabhavi, a hearing impaired tennis player, from Mysore Tennis Club, Mysuru, representing India in the 2nd Deaf World Tennis Championships being held at Antalya, Turkey, has on Sunday entered the Men’s Doubles quarter-finals teaming up with India’s Prithvi Shekar. In Men’s Singles event, Prashant bowed out in the first round but, however, is still…
City’s R. Nagaraj (left) of Income-Tax Department, who won in the 55+ Singles event and finished runner-up in the Doubles event of the ITF Grade 3 Seniors Tennis Championship – 2019 held at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh recently, is seen receiving the trophy from one of the guests.
Top-seed R.S. Rethin Pranav of Tamil Nadu and fifteenth seeded Maahi Deval Shah of Gujarat bagged the top honours by clinching the Boys and Girls U-14 Singles titles on the final day of the Bharath Tennis Express Junior’s Open AITA National Series played at MTC courts here yesterday. In the Boys U-14 Singles final, Rethin…
India’s top singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran on Friday drew world number 17 Milos Raonic of Canada as his first round opponent at the Wimbledon Championships, starting Monday. Left-handed Prajnesh, ranked 94 in the world, will make his maiden appearance on the hallowed grass courts at the Wimbledon, today at 6.45 pm (IST). It will be…
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