City’s Padmapriya among tennis team members Mysuru: The Indian U-14 Girls Tennis Team comprising Mysuru’s Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar, Srishti Kiran (Karnataka) and Zoha Qureshi (Telangana) has qualified for the ITF World Juniors Tennis Tournament Finals 2026 to be held at Prostejov, Czech Republic, from Aug. 3 to 8. The team qualified for the world juniors…
By U.B. Acharya In athletics, particularly in running speed that counts, in high jump and pole vault it is the height and in shot put and javelin throw, distance is the criteria for records. Again, in swimming it is the speed that counts. In tennis, there could be several records that can be achieved and…
Mysuru: City’s tennis prodigy Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar, who has been winning many titles in the junior category, continued her prime form by winning both singles and double titles at the recently held AITA TSTA National Series U-14 Ranking Tennis Tournament-2025 at Ash Tennis Academy in Telangana. In the finals, Padmapriya defeated Parinitha Vattaprambil (Andhra) in…
Of late, this young tennis prodigy from Mysuru has been making headlines with her impressive performances in both national and international tournaments. At just 14 years old, Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar has displayed immense potential to become one of the country’s top tennis players — a dream she is actively chasing. Currently ranked No. 6 in…
Mysuru: City’s tennis prodigy Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar completed a double fete at the recently concluded Asian U-14 and Junior Ranking Tennis Tournament 2025 at Malancha Niwas, Agartala, by winning both Singles and Doubles tournament. In the Singles finals, Padmapriya defeated Diya Ravikumar 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and in the Doubles, she partnered with Diya Ravikumar and…
Mysore/Mysuru: City’s budding tennis player Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar displayed her exceptional skills at the Super Series Tennis Tournament, organised by All Assam Tennis Association, in Guwahati recently, to emerge winner in the U-14 girls doubles and runner-up in the U-12 singles. In U-14 girls’ doubles category, Padmapriya, partnering with Kushi Khadian (Haryana), defeated the pair…
By U.B. Acharya History: In 1879, James Gordon Bennett Jr. commissioned a resort facility at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, for the wealthy Newport summer residents. It was then essentially a casino, an exclusive retreat for the rich and famous East Coast Americans. The facility added in 1880 a modern club. Along with an excellent clubhouse,…
Sixteen-year-old Mysuru lad Mustafa Raja emerged Singles and Doubles champion in the 16-and-Under National Bank Stanley Open held at Stanley Park Tennis Courts in Vancouver, Canada. This prestigious event is held only in three cities across Canada — Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. The winner of this tournament gets a direct entry to the U-16 Nationals…
By U.B. Acharya In a recent middle piece article in the centre page of a national newspaper, the writer has lamented that while small countries like Switzerland, Serbia, Croatia, Greece etc. have produced top class tennis players why could not India with such a large population produce one Grand Slam champion. He has suggested that…
By U.B. Acharya One may ask “How come year ending review is written a good 36 days before the end of the year?” The reason is that unlike cricket season which extend to 52 weeks every year, tennis season is for about 47 weeks only with no tennis tournament for 5 weeks from November end…
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