Tennis Premier League | Ramkumar puts Bengaluru Mavericks on top
The Hindu
Bengaluru SG Mavericks beat Gujarat Panthers 46-34 in Tennis Premier League with Ramkumar Ramanathan & Vishnu Vardhan's brilliant performance.
Ramkumar Ramanathan played his part brilliantly to help Bengaluru SG Mavericks to a 46-34 victory over Gujarat Panthers in the Tennis Premier League on the charcoal grey courts of the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Friday.
Ramkumar beat the current No.1 of the country, Sumit Nagal, 14-6 in singles and later combined with Olympian Vishnu Vardhan to trump Sumit and Mukund Sasikumar 13-7 in doubles.
Vishnu also won his mixed doubles with Arina who had stumbled to a 8-12 start in the women’s singles against Ekaterina Yashina.
Bengaluru shot up to the top of the table with 173 points. It will meet Mumbai Leon Army in the last league match on Saturday.
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