In the run up to the annual sports fest Sportikon, Bennett University's Sports Committee organized an inter-house Tennis tournaments. The two-day event featured both singles and doubles matches, wherein experienced players as well as newcomers alike contended to win their houses match points. Catch the highlights of the evening in this photo story by Pranavi Ambati.
Pranavi Ambati

The object of every player's attention, the tennis ball, is deftly balanced as the player warms up his wrists.

With a firm grip over the racquet in his other hand, the player begins the first match of the evening in the men's singles category.

Fluttering against the enclosure, the house banners remind the players what they are contending for.

Tennis kit bags dotted an entire sideline of the court, as the participant count clocked 30.

Dexterity and alertness was displayed by each player who stepped onto the court.

Players assessed the on-going matches keenly, studying the moves of the opponents they would eventually face.

Alternating laser-focused eyes were small smiles the players broke into when a match was won.

The fluorescent yellow sphere, otherwise bouncing across the court, finds rest when the matches conclude for the day.
Pranavi Ambati
Times of Bennett
Photographer and visual storyteller capturing campus life and events.


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