Rethin Pranav and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi have been the winners of the T.Okay. Ramanathan award for the greatest participant of the 2024-25 season (₹30,000 every) in the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) annual day function at the Madras Cricket Club (MCC) right here on Tuesday.
TNTA president Vijay Amritraj stated that there was important curiosity amongst the gamers to take part in the second version of the Chennai Open, a WTA 250 occasion, set to happen from October 27 to November 2.
Ramesh Krishnan presents the T.Okay. Ramanathan award to Rethin Pranav as Vijay Amritraj, President, TNTA, seems to be on.
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B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM
“I think it will be a good (player) field because the previous week is in Tokyo in Japan (Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis – WTA 500). So, they will be on their way here. There are two other tournaments (Jiangxi Open, Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open) as well in China at the same time (as the Chennai Open). But again, there has been a lot of interest (among the players) in coming to our own city,” Vijay Amritraj stated.
He added that there’s a plan to arrange video screens (for streaming the Chennai Open matches) throughout the metropolis to boost public engagement.
“We hope to have LED video screens across the city, so that people can sit on the Marina Beach or in T. Nagar or wherever and have snacks and watch the matches, which I think will be a great boost for our sport and create even more interest in the State,” he added.
The award-winners: T.Okay. Ramanathan award (Best participant of the 2024-25 season): Rethin Pranav, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi.
President award for the most promising teen: Ishaan Sudharshan, Hemdev Mahesh, Deepthi Venkatesan, Diya Ravikumar Janaki
Justice P.S. Kailasam Memorial award for efficiency in junior Nationals: Boys: Singles: u-18: Winner: Kandhavel Mahalingam; Runner-up: Varun Verma.
Doubles: u-12: Runner-up: Ronnie Vijay Kumar.
Girls: Singles: u-18: Winner: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi; Runner-up: Diya Ramesh.
Doubles: u-14: Runners-up: Deepshika Vinayagamurthy and A.S.R. Bawyasri; u-16:Runners-up: Sanmitha Harini Lokesh and Savitha Bhuvaneswaran; u-18: Doubles: Winner: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi.
Performance in National c’ships: Men: Singles: Winner: Rethin Pranav.
Women: Singles: Runner-up: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi; Doubles: Runner-up: Sai Samhitha Chamarthi.
Performance in National Games (Dehradun): Men: Manish Suresh Kumar (singles and doubles bronze, staff gold); V.M. Ranjeet (staff gold); Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (doubles bronze, staff gold); Lohith Aksha Bathrinath (blended doubles and staff gold); Okay.S. Dheeraj (staff gold)
Women: Lakshmiprabha Arunkumar (blended doubles gold, staff bronze); Janani Ramesh (staff bronze); Mirudhula Palanivel (staff bronze); Diya Ramesh (staff bronze)
Performance in Deaf & Hard Hearing c’ship: Men: Prithvi Shekar (Australian Open singles champion and doubles runner-up).
Performance in Wheelchair Tennis Nationals: Karthik Karunakaran (singles winner, doubles runner-up); Mariappan Durai (doubles runner-up); Balachandar Subramanian (doubles winner).
Representing India: Davis Cup / Fed Cup / u-12, u-14, u-16 / Wheelchair: Ramkumar Ramanathan, Sriram Balaji; BNP Paribas World Cup Asia Qualifying: Karthik Karunakaran, Mariappan Durai, Okay. Sathasivam; Billie Jean King Cup u-14 & u-16: Diya Ramesh (Junior Billie Jean King Cup Asia Oceania Final Qualifying, Kazakhstan).
Muthukrishnan Memorial award for many promising and performing participant (Boy): Varun Verma.
Nagamani Mahadevan award for many promising and performing participant (Girl): Diya Ramesh.
thirty second Sanmar TNTA Chennai City membership tennis league: Veterans (60+): Winner: MGC; Runner-up: Cosmopolitan Club-A.
45+: Zone-A: Winner: MCC-A; Runner-up: Besant Nagar Club-B; Zone-B: Winner: BNC-B; Runner-up: Nungambakkam Tennis Club-A; Zone-C: Winner: Anna Nagar Club; Runner-up: Madras Race Club.
Regular: Zone-A: Winner: MCC-A; Runner-up: NTC-C; Zone-B: Winner: GNC-A; Runner-up: Anna Nagar Okay Block-A; Zone-C: Winner: Presidency Club-A; Runner-up: BNC-B; Zone-D: Winner: MCC-M; Runner-up: Gandhi Nagar Club-C; Zone-E: Winner: Besant Nagar Club-C; Runner-up: Madras Club-B; Zone-F: Winner: Presidency Club-B; Runner-up: YMCA Kilpauk.
sixteenth UCAL-TNTA Chennai inter-club league-cum-knockout c’ship: Winner: MCC; Runner-up: BNC
