Akhtar Ali
Full name: Saheb Akhtar Ali
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| Bio | He is an Indian former tennis player. Akhtar Ali has served Indian tennis for over five decades now. He made his mark on the tennis scene way back in1955 when he became the National Junior Champion, it was the same year that he reached the semi finals of the junior Wimbledon. He was a member of the Indian Davis Cup team continuously from 1958 to 1964. Former Captain of Indian Davis cup in 2008. India's 3-2 victory over Brazil in 1966 on his South Club home ground was that Ali cherishes the most, though he did not get to play any of the matches. During this time Akhtar participated in the Wimbledon, French Open and many other tournaments, in the USA he was the winner of the Asian Mixed Doubles Championship. Later he turned to coaching and coached the players like Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj, Anand Amritraj and Leander Paes, Naresh Kumar, Premjit Lall and Jaidip Mukherjee. He is father of Zeeshan Ali, a former Indian national tennis champion, Nilofer Ali and Zareen Desai. Former Davis Cup coach Akhtar Ali will start a junior development programme at the South Club from Friday. The trainees will be divided into three categories — under-14, under-16 and under-18. Free coaching will be provided to the state’s best players. |
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