ramanathan krishnan was the first indian to win grand slam in tennis.
ramanathan krishnan was the first indian to win grand slam in tennis.
first indian to win grand slam in tennis?
ramanathan krishnan
mahesh shrinivas bhupathi (born 7 june 1974) is a retired indian professional tennis player. in 1997, he became the first indian to win a grand slam tournament (with rika hiraki). with his win at the australian open mixed doubles in 2006, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career grand slam in mixed doubles. he is also the founder of international premier tennis league. in december 2016, bhupathi was appointed as india's next non-playing davis cup captain and took over the reins from anand amritraj in february 2017. he is also a part of the hon. board of advisors of iimun.
mahesh bhupathi
at the 2009 australian open, nadal won his first five matches without dropping a set, before defeating compatriot fernando verdasco in the semifinals in the second longest match in australian open history at 5 hours and 14 minutes. this win set up a championship match with roger federer, their first meeting ever in a hard-court grand slam tournament and their nineteenth meeting overall. nadal defeated federer in five sets to earn his first hard-court grand slam singles title, making him the first spaniard to win the australian open and the fourth male tennis player—after jimmy connors, mats wilander, and andre agassi—to win grand slam singles titles on three different surfaces. this win also made nadal the first male tennis player to hold three grand slam singles titles on three different surfaces at the same time.
2009 rafael nadal tennis season