25 March,2021 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Ramkumar Ramanathan. Pic/PTI
Ramkumar Ramanathan emerged the surprise pick of the auction, garnering the highest bid of the day of Rs 4.5 lakhs, and was picked by the Mumbai Leon Army, co-owned by Leander Paes and Shyam Patel, to spearhead their challenge in the Tennis Premier League (TPL) 3.0, which will be played in Mumbai later this year.
At the auction on Tuesday, Ramkumar, currently ranked 202 in the world, will have for company Niki Poonacha and Sofia Shapatava of Georgia, ranked 388 in the world.
The enhanced TPL will have participation from six international women players, who are Samantha Murray Sharan from Great Britain, ranked 206, Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia, ranked 262, Thailand's Peangtarn Plipuech, ranked 294, Sabina Sharipova of Uzbekistan, ranked 317, Valeriya Strakhova of Ukraine, ranked 379, besides Sofia Shapatava.
