Chennai, April 20
Maggie Amritraj, mother of former Indian Davis Cup players Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj, passed away here on Saturday after prolonged illness.
She was 92.
She is survived by three sons (Anand, Vijay and Ashok) and their families.
Vijay Amritraj is currently the president of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association. Her husband Robert Amritraj predeceased her.
Anand Amritraj said his mother suffered a stroke on March 21 and was in hospital for three weeks. She was discharged last Monday.
“She had been the motivating force behind us, in our lives and in general. We owe everything to her,” Anand said while paying tribute to his mother.
Maggie was a woman entrepreneur of her time and ran a business, while her husband was among the seniormost officers in the Railways.
She helmed the well-known Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy (BAT) started here by Vijay Amritraj in 1985.
She piloted the academy for two decades, which produced Davis Cuppers and champion players, including Leander Paes, Gaurav Natekar, Rohit Rajpal and Somdev Devvarman, among others. — PTI
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