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….
Mysore Tennis Club celebrates Golden Jubilee
December 9, 2019The 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…
Grade IV ITF Junior Tennis: City’s Arnav Pathange enters pre-quarters
November 27, 2019Mysuru 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….
Grand Slam Events over the decades
October 14, 2019By 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…
2nd Deaf World Tennis Championships: Prashant enters quarter-finals
October 14, 2019Prashant 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…
Excels in Tennis
October 10, 2019City’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.
Winners of Bharath Tennis Express : Junior’s Open AITA National Series
September 15, 2019Top-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…
Wimbledon – 2019: Prajnesh pitted against World No.17 Milos Raonic
July 1, 2019India’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…
ITF World Tennis Tour: Prajwal-Rishi Reddy duo enters quarter-finals
June 20, 2019Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, teaming up with India’s Rishi Reddy, representing India in the ITF World Tennis Tour M15 Harare $15,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament entered the quarter-finals in the Men’s Doubles event on Wednesday. Prajwal Dev and Rishi Reddy combined well to beat Becker Gerhard Marius & Malan Pierre of South Africa 6-2, 6-3…
ITF Uganda Men’s Tennis: Prajwal, Kunal duo enter quarter-finals
May 24, 2019Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, teaming up with fellow Indian Kunal Anand, and taking part in the 15,000$ ITF men’s tennis tournament at Kampala, Uganda on Thursday, won their pre-quarterfinal match in the men’s doubles event. Prajwal Dev and Kunal Anand beat the Russian pair of Sergey Bolotov & Alexey Dubian 6-4, 6-2 and sailed…
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