Tennis Ace - Vijay Amritraj

During the first World 10K run held in Bangalore in May 2008 I got to snap our yesteryear tennis ace Vijay Amritraj in an different postures as he was relaxed and feeling at home in his 4 day stay in the garden city of Bangalore. These images were taken when I was working for the Bangalore Mirror. They are not exclusive or great pictures. Since I was a great fan of Vijay Amritraj during my school days and he was one of the many sports persons who inspired my Sportsmanship and also to fight back till the last tired foot collapses to the ground. Vijay Amritraj was the Brand Ambassador for the inaugural World 10 K run.





Sun feast Brand Ambassador of the World 10K Bangalore run and Former International Tennis Player Vijay Amirtraj chats and advices a young kind in Bangalore on Thursday 15th May 2008.
















Sun feast Brand Ambassador of the World 10K Bangalore run and Former International Tennis Player Vijay Amirtraj talks to the media in Bangalore on Thursday 15th May 2008.











Sun feast Brand Ambassador of the World 10K Bangalore run and Former International Tennis Player Vijay Amirtraj poses with a prototype racing car of Force India Ferrari which was on display at the Kantreeva Stadium the starting venue of the Bangalore World 10K run on Thursday 15th May 2008. Vijay later said that if he had not taken to tennis he would have taken to F1 racing.




Vijay Amritraj greets Vani Ganapathy at the Sun feast World 10K Bangalore Marathon charity night party (left) and he was the ladies man of the night surrounded by ladies (right).