In Tennis, India's number one Singles player, Saketh Myneni will begin his Chennai Open campaign today. Saketh, who is ranked 192 in the world, will take on seventh seed and world number 57, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.The other two Indians in the Singles – Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan – will be up against each other in the other opening round game. Two-time winner, Croatia's Marin Cilic is the top seed in the competition.Last evening, the pair of N. Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan bowed out in the opening round. Leander Paes and his Brazilian team-mate Andre Sa are yet to begin their challenge. The pairs of Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan, and Purav Raja and Divij Sharan will also play their opening round matches later in the tournament.
News On AIR | January 3, 2017 12:43 PM
Saketh Myneni to begin his Chennai Open campaign today