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Abishek Laxminarayan, Lawn Tennis
Abishek Laxminarayan, founder and co-CEO of Indavest, has scored many a points on and off the court with his tennis swings.
By Sunaina Sehgal
Photograph by S. Radhakrishna
Abishek Laxminaryan's relationship with tennis began innocuously enough. He started playing when he was just five, because he wanted to be cool, like his elder brother. But, the backhands and aces scored a match point for life. Laxminarayan, founder and co-CEO of venture capital firm Indavest, coached under C.G. Krishna Bhupathi, tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi's father. His regular playmate growing up was Rohan Bopanna, one of India's top rankers today. Ranked in the Top 300 in the world in the juniors, Laxminarayan was good enough to turn pro, but academics eventually won out in his choice of career. Tennis helped here, too. "I got into Cornell University because of the credits I earned playing." He also met his business partner, Greg Artz, on-court at Cornell. Their partnership scores equally well off the court too. Laxminarayan makes sure he swings in 10 hours of play every month, and his favourite opponent is former coach Bhupathi Senior.
Professionally Speaking
- Expert coaching can cost from anything Rs 30,000 to a lakh
Favourite Players
- Roger Federer
- Rohan Bopanna
His match points
- Participated in multiple tournaments in Japan, Philippines, Brunei, Bangladesh
and Sri Lanka as a junior player
- More recently, reached the semi-finals of the Father and Son Championship at
Indiranagar Club in Bengaluru with his father
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