Four Indians for Junior Australian Open
January 20th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Four Indians Ratnika Batra, Rituja Bhansale, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Arjun Khade will be participating in the Junior Australian Open Jan 15-28 in Melbourne.
The sports ministry Friday cleared their trip for the event. They will be accompanied by coach Hiten Kumar Joshi.
Delhi boy and Davis Cupper Yuki Bhambri was the first Indian to win the Junior Australian Open title in 2009.
Indian tennis greats Ramanathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes have also won junior Grand Slam titles.
Ramanathan Krishnan won the Wimbledon junior title in 1954, the first Asian player to achieve the feat. His son Ramesh carried on the legacy to win junior titles at French Open and Wimbledon in 1979. Paes won the Wimbledon Boy’s title in 1990 and the US Open in 1991 as a 17-year-old.
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