book titled A touch of tennis: The story of a tennis family. The book covering the achievements of three generations of tennis-playing Krishnans, was released by Penguin Books India. Current Krishnan now lives in Chennai, where he manages a gas distribution agency. Ramesh Krishnan emulated his father's achievement of winning the Wimbledon junior title, and went on to become a leading Indian tennis player in the 1980s. On 25 July 2012, Ramanathan Krishnan re-launched India's premier English-language weekly sports magazine, Sportstar, at a function in Chennai. Krishnan runs a tennis training center in Chennai together with his son. Career highlights 1954 – Wimbledon – junior champion 1958 - Northern Championships champion - won close match over Laver 1959 - London Championships champion - defeated Olmedo and Fraser 1959 - U.S. Hard Court Championships champion - defeated Reed and Mulloy 1960 – Wimbledon – seeded seventh, defeated Gimeno and reached the semi-finals (losing to eventual champion Neale Fraser) 1961 – Wimbledon – seeded seventh, defeated Emerson and reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive time (losing to eventual champion Rod Laver) 1963 - Antwerp International champion - defeated Pietrangeli in four set final 1965 - River Oaks International Tennis Championships champion - defeated Osuna, Emerson in four sets, and Richey in four sets 1966 – member of the Indian team which reached the final of the Davis Cup (lost to Australia in the final) 1967 - Antwerp International champion - defeated Emerson in final in three straight sets 1968 - Canadian Open champion - defeated Torben Ulrich in final References External links 1937 births Living people Indian male tennis players Racket sportspeople from Chennai Recipients of the Arjuna Award Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in sports Tamil sportspeople Wimbledon junior champions University of Madras alumni People from Kanyakumari district People from Nagercoil Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles