Mysuru :

Mysuru lad D.H. Prashanth, will be taking part in the 1st World Deaf Tennis Championships 2015 at Nottingham, England from July 20-26.

Pruthivi Sekhar of Tamil Nadu and Jafreen Shaik of UP are the other two players selected along with D.H. Prashanth to take part in the tournament.

The players will have to bear the entire expenses as there is no government help. The All India Sports Council of the Deaf will only send the team members on their own expenses to represent the country in the championship.

Prashanth has already represented India in the 22nd Summer Deaf Olympics at Sofia, Bulgaria in 2013 in which India was placed fifth place in the men’s team doubles.

In 2013, Prashanth won a bronze medal in the National Games for the deaf at Aurangabad in the men’s singles and won silver medal in the men’s doubles.

Prashanth practices at Mysore Tennis Club in the city and helps his mother who runs a sports shop at Kalidasa road in our city. He is encouraged by his elder brother Satish, elder sister Tanuja and family members.

As there is no government support for Prashanth, he hopes to make it to the tournament on his own with the support of sports-persons. People willing to help Prashanth can contact Keerthi Kumar-8277553695.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News /
Tuesday – June 30th, 2015