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CHENNAI: Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Tim Smyczek at the Hall of Fame Open to become the first Indian to reach the final ATP World Tour in seven years. If he can win the final tomorrow, he will become the first Indian to win an ATP Tour Finals in 20 years.
The last Indian to win an ATP Tour title was Leander Paes in 1998 at the same event. Interestingly, this event was a favorite of Indian tennis players with legend Vijay Amritraj winning the singles title three times.
Here are ten things we should know about the man who is preparing to create the history of Indian tennis:
1) Ramkumar Ramanathan was born in Chennai to Ramanathan and Alagammai, who are both in the textile trade
2) He was introduced to tennis by his father and started playing at the age of five.
3) Ramkumar trains at the Sanchez-Casal Academy of Barcelona, Spain
4) In 2014, Ramkumar was in the press to qualify for the Chennai Open for the first time. Since then, he has performed well professionally, having beaten Dominic Thiem last year.
5) Ramkumar Ramanathan is studying a B.A. in Economics at Loyola College, Chennai. He can speak Tamil, English and Spanish.
6) He aspires to win a Grand Slam and represent India at the Davis Cup
7) His favorite tennis shots are served and forehand.
8) His favorite surface game is clay and hard court.
9) His growing idols were Roger Federer and Juan Balcells.
10) He is a fan of the football club La Liga FC Barcelona. In addition, he would have been a cricket player if not a tennis player.
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