Tennis is on an upswing in India and prestigious tournaments like Wimbledon are playing a major role in promoting Indian talent at international levels with their Road to Wimbledon tournament.
Wimbledon has a deep-rooted connection with India. Players like the Amritraj brothers, Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have won trophies at senior and junior levels but are you aware that Nitin Kannamwar is India’s most successful official at Wimbledon?
Here are four golden videos of junior tennis players and Nitin Kannamwar:
Siddhant Banthia
One of the rising stars of Indian tennis. Siddhant was the first Indian and international player to win the Road to Wimbledon title and also the first Road to Wimbledon winner to qualify for junior Wimbledon in 2017. Watch Siddhant’s amazing story of determination and triumph:
Yash Dalvi
Yash’s story is truly inspiring. He comes from a very humble background and he dreams of playing tennis at the highest level but has to do so with limitations, however, nothing comes between him and tennis. Watch his story here:
Nitin Kannamwar
Officiating at Wimbledon is something he always dreamed of and Nitin went on to do the complete officiating circuit from line umpiring to chair umpiring to becoming a member of the Hawkeye technical committee. In this video, Nitin narrates his story about his first call as a line umpire:
Nitin’s memories
It’s incredible what an official see’s from the center court. The emotions, the crowd’s and how they contribute to the making of a top-notch official. In this video, Nitin speaks about his emotions when he was appointed as an official for his first Wimbledon final and Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova’s last matches:
