Posted on Jun 17, 2023
Leela Row Dayal: The first Indian woman to win a match at Wimbledon
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A writer, dancer, playwright, mountaineer and a national tennis champion, Leela Row - the first Indian woman to win a tennis match at the Wimbledon - was as prolific as they come.
In his 1966 book My Contemporaries, art critic Govindraj Venkatachalam recalls meeting Row as a young girl.
"Timid and nervous, she was shy of strangers," he wrote. "Little did we realise then that this slip of a girl, would at an early age, become an all-India figure and one of the world's champion tennis players."
Born in December 1911, Leela Row was the daughter of Raghavendra Row, a renowned physician, and Pandita Kshama Row, one of the foremost Sanskrit scholars of her time.
In his 1966 book My Contemporaries, art critic Govindraj Venkatachalam recalls meeting Row as a young girl.
"Timid and nervous, she was shy of strangers," he wrote. "Little did we realise then that this slip of a girl, would at an early age, become an all-India figure and one of the world's champion tennis players."
Born in December 1911, Leela Row was the daughter of Raghavendra Row, a renowned physician, and Pandita Kshama Row, one of the foremost Sanskrit scholars of her time.
Leela Row Dayal: The first Indian woman to win a match at Wimbledon
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Congratulations to her. Her hard working and dedication to the sport of tennis paid off.
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Leela Row Dayal (19 December 1911 – 19 May 1964) was a female tennis player and author from India. She was the first female Indian tennis player to win a match at the Wimbledon Championships. She wrote several books on Indian classical dance in both English and Sanskrit. Her husband served as Indian Ambassador to the U.S. and Nepal. Both Leela and her husband died in the Khumbu area of Mt. Everest on 19 May 1964.
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