Citymate prajwal

The Karnataka State: The Karnataka State men’s tennis team celebrated the Rajyotsava Day in grand style by winning the gold medal in the on-going 37th National Games being played at the Multi-purpose Ground, Fatorda, Goa.

In a pulsating final played on Wednesday, Karnataka defeated their neighbours 2-1 to claim the yellow metal.

Prajwal Dev emerged as the star performer for the Karnataka team. After Suraj Prabodh went down to Manish Kumar in the opening singles match, where the Mysorean lost 3-6, 2-6, his Citymate Prajwal, playing with an extra bit of zeal powered through to secure a convincing victory in the second singles, beating Asian Games silver medallist and winner of the ITF Dharwad Open recently, Ramkumar Ramanathan in straight sets 6-1, 6-3.