On the thorny question of staying alive on the tennis court as the No.1, Amritah, who once had ambitions of jetting it across to play professional tennis on grass, vows, “ I will not give up tennis. It will always remain my passion.”
Sri Lanka’s number one women’s tennis player Amritah Muttiah, after five years at the helm winning the ladies national’s singles title, has decided to relax it a bit.
She has entered employment as a project officer for human rights at a human rights organization as the 22-year old applies herself to a career in foreign affairs.
The cute looking tennis player cum HR officer goes a mite further when asked to comment on her career away from tennis when she says, “You should be very diplomatic,” in such a role.
And Amritah does grant that being in the job lane has put a clamp on her tennis career to a great extent.
“Desk work as a human rights officer is a full time taxing job, but whenever I can find the time Iwill gives it to playing tennis,” she says.
Swishing a tennis racket in one hand at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association’s (SLTA) headquarters at Greenpath, Amritah focused on her tennis career and professional career in conversation with ‘Sports Today’.
“Mayble I might become a diplomat and serve my country. My present job being in the human rights field means getting involved with United Nations related human rights work too,” she reflects as she ponders her tennis and professional career.
PROUD RUN
As to her tennis career, Amritah is proud of her string of five victories as the women’s singles national champion in consecutive years.
“Being the women’s champ for five successive years is something to be proud of,” she quips in a statement as to the single monopoly she has enjoyed at that level on the national tennis scenario.
Her tennis career has brought her winning fortunes by way of the SSC singles, doubles and mixed doubles too while she has featured in the country’s Federation Cup participation for seniors in khazakhstan this year when Sri Lanka took the ninth place.
At 22, Amritah confesses she has still not looked at the ‘Love Lane’.
“I believe I am still too young for romance, though I do believe romance is a part of life,” she reflects.
On the thorny questionof staying alive on the tennis court as the No.1, Amritah, who once had ambitions of jetting it across to play professional tennis on grass, vows, “ I will not give up tennis. It will always remain my passion.”
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