Tennis is a global sport and Mysuru has been producing talented tennis players from time to time who have gone on to represent the country in different levels. One such player, who has made her mark in the National level is city’s Varunya Chandrashekar. Ranked No. 3 in the State and No.54 in the country, Varunya has been regularly taking part in the ITF women’s circuit to improve on her rankings in the National and International level. Varunya, recently taking part in the Blue Jay AITA 50K Women’s Tennis Tourney at Bengaluru, on Friday finished runner-up in the Women’s Doubles event partnering West Bengal’s Shivika Burman. She also entered the quarter-finals in the Women’s Singles. She is our ‘Star This Week.’

Varunya is the daughter of Chandrashekar and Anitha, residents of J.P. Nagar, Mysuru, has been consistently performing well in ITF and National tournaments. She trains with Hemant Bendre, a reputed National level tennis coach at Pune.

Varunya, taking part in the 50K AITA Women’s Tennis Tourney, partnering Shivika Burman of West Bengal lost in the Women’s Doubles finals. S. Soha (Kar) and Shrishti Das (Mah) beat Varunya and Shivika Burman 6-0, 1-6, 10-8 to clinch the title. In the semi-finals, Varunya and Shivika beat Simran Kejriwal and Nikita Pinto of Mumbai 7-6,6-3,10-2 and entered the title round.

In the quarter-finals, Varunya and Shivika Burman beat Anusha Kondaveti and Shivani of Andhra Pradesh 7-5,6-4 and entered the semi-finals.

In the Women’s Singles event, Varnya lost in the quarter-finals to Preeti Srinivasan 3-6, 4-6. Sixth seeded Varunya beat Nidhitra Rajmohan 6-3, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals.

She also entered the quarter-finals in the 50k AITA Women’s Tennis Tourney held at Delhi recently and lost to Sneha Padam 3-6, 4-6. Varunya represented Karnataka women’s tennis team in the National Games held at Kerela recently and fared well.

After a bout of injury problems for two months, Varunya has recovered back well and is playing in the National and ITF circuit with the help of her sponsors M/s. Cycle Pure Agarbathis, Mysuru, Dr. Prashanth and her coach.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / March 22nd, 2015