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Catching Up With Tennis Channel's Global Correspondent During A Rare Layover
Tennis
|May/June 2019
A former Indian Davis Cup player, Amritraj will visit 13 cities in 100 days for Tennis Channel’s coverage in 2019.
What do you remember most from traveling with your father, Vijay?
PRAKASH: When I was 9, he was commentating and playing legends events around the world. I remember being with him in the champion’s locker room at Wimble- don, the old one right under Centre Court. He was getting ready for a 35-and-overs match. I found my- self sitting on a bench in between Boris Becker and Pete Sampras, my favorite two players. I will never forget that moment. I decided then that playing tennis is exactly what I wanted to do.
I came back to Los Angeles that summer, won my first 10-and-under tournament, and the fuse was lit.
Did you feel pressure following in the footsteps of a legend?
This story is from the May/June 2019 edition of Tennis.
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