Tennis is a global sport and Mysore has been producing talented tennis players from time to time who have gone on to represent the country in different levels. Mysore Tennis Club, Mysore, has one of the pioneer tennis clubs in the country and top products like P. Srinath, Raghuveer, Neeth Devaiah, Mohit Vijaykumar, who have gone on to reach great heights in the sport. Continuing the tradition, city’s Nagaraj Revannasiddiah, a tennis player-cum-coach from Mysore Tennis Club, Mysore, has gone on to reach great heights, both as a player and coach. Nagaraj, an employee of Income-Tax Department, Mysore, is ranked No. 4 in the country in the men’s 45 plus category.
He recently won Singles title at Raja Muthaiah ITF Senior Grade IV International Ranking Tennis Tournament held at Chidambaram. In the finals, he beat Saad C. Rameez 6-4, 6-0 and clinched the title. He is our ‘Star This week.’
In the semi-finals, he beat Alok Bhatnakar 6-4, 7-6 (3). In the quarter-finals, he beat Pawan Jain 6-0, 6-0 and in the earlier round beat G.F. Balaji 6-1, 6-1.
Nagaraj had earlier in April represented India in the Senior World Tennis Championship. He also had won the singles 45 plus men’s title in the AISTA-AITA Senior Nationals Tennis Tournament conducted by Solaris at Pune.
Nagaraj won the 45 plus men’s Singles title in the T.S. Santhanam Memorial National AITA Veterans Tennis Tournament held at Chennai in February. In the finals, Nagaraj beat C. Rameez Samad (TN) 6-4, 6-4 and clinched the title.
He has won many National level titles in different tournaments and has been a consistent performer in the National and International circuit. He is the Central Revenue Champion in men’s 45 plus section.
He has produced many a talented players as a coach who have gone on to represent the country that include Poojashree Venkatesh, Abhayprakash, Likitha Devaraj and C. Vasisht.
Nagaraj, 51, is married to Vimala and has a son and a daughter. He is a good example of a sports person to achieve laurels with age as no barrier.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>Sports News / Friday, October 05th, 2014