Vishal Punna

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Vishal Punna
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (2017)
Born (1984-01-14) 14 January 1984 (age 41)
Hyderabad, India
Retired2011 (one match in 2017)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$11,074
Singles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 786 (20 September 2004)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 649 (5 February 2007)

Vishal Punna (born 14 January 1984) is an Indian-American former professional tennis player.

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Punna was raised in Hyderabad and featured in one Davis Cup tie for India, against New Zealand away in Invercargill in 2007. He was called upon for a live reverse singles, which he lost to Mark Nielsen, before Leander Paes won the tie for India in the fifth rubber. [1]

Following his retirement from tennis, Punna lived in the United States and worked in the IT industry, before quitting to pursue a career in Indian cinema. [2] He was the lead actor in the 2019 Telugu film Sarovaram. [3]

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References

  1. "India beats NZ in Davis Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald . 8 February 2004.
  2. "Centre court to centrestage". The Times of India . 2 September 2017.
  3. Kavirayani, Suresh (21 August 2017). "Tennis boy to lead man". Deccan Chronicle.