Tamil Nadu Tennis Association honours past, present players

: The who's who of tennis - past and present - were in attendance as the Tamil Nadu tennis association (TNTA) honoured the players and administrators at a function here Sunday.

Former India Davis Cup player Vijay Amritraj, who took over as the TNTA president in September, said it was a privilege to honour the contributions of the players and administrators.

Former TNTA presidents - N Sankar, N Murali and V Narayanan - were honoured by Amritraj at the event called "Celebrate Tennis."

Current India no.1 Prajnesh Gunneswaran, no. 2 Ramakumar Ramanathan, Jeevan Neduncheziyan, and juniors, including V M Sandeep, Dakshineshwar Suresh and Kundana Sri Bandaru, were felicitated.

Also, former players like the legendary Ramanathan Krishnan, his son Ramesh, Anand Amritraj, S Vasudevan, Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj were honoured.

Women players who had made a mark - Nirupama Sanjeev, Sai Jayalakshmi, Lakshmi Mahadevan and Amritha Balachandran - were also ...