'Gifted' Dhakshineswar serves it big for India
Mumbai, Feb. 10 -- Last year, Dhakshineswar Suresh was far from doing the kind of things he did for India in Davis Cup over the weekend in Bengaluru. Not even among the country's top-five ranked singles players, he was part of the reserves in the squad and based in the US playing collegiate tennis.
The 6'5" Madurai-born player, though, possessed a weapon not many can flaunt in Indian tennis currently - a big serve.
An inspired pick by non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal, Dhakshineswar was brought out of the reserves and placed in the forefront of India's two significant Davis Cup wins in the last six months.
"He's been a real star," Rajpal told HT. "This guy has plenty of potential. He's a gifted player with a lot of good things, and a good he...
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