Father, son and the beautiful game

[...]the black Ambassador parked outside the main entrance to the house, with a reedy thin driver standing hands folded in front of the garage which conceals from view a 1962 Merc, only enhances the illusion, although given the owner's name and accomplishments, it might be a heritage monument s...

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Published inHindu (Madras, India : Daily)
Main Author Shekar, Nirmal
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chennai THG Publishing Private Limited 02.12.2016
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Brazil
Melbourne Victoria Australia
India
Kolkata India
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Summary:[...]the black Ambassador parked outside the main entrance to the house, with a reedy thin driver standing hands folded in front of the garage which conceals from view a 1962 Merc, only enhances the illusion, although given the owner's name and accomplishments, it might be a heritage monument sometime in the future. [...]after beating Jose Mandarino on the opening day and then playing with Jaideep Mukherjea and outlasting Thomas Koch and Mandarino in the doubles rubber the next day, Krishnan was expected to get past Koch on the final day. What followed led to some of the most passionate and memorable celebrations among sports lovers in the country - for the first time India was in the Davis Cup final [then the Challenge Round] against the mighty Australians. Krishnan's father, T.K. Ramanathan, a true visionary, sliced off a piece of the bottom end of the racquet with which his son pulled off the famous inter-zonal final victory against Koch so that the young Ramesh could play with it.
ISSN:0971-751X