The world of sport is shocked and mourning in India after knowing that the 25 -year -old tennis player, Radichika Yadav, has been shot dead by her own fatherallegedly jealous of his daughter athlete. Radhika Yadav competed at ITF level, had not reached great achievements but the simple fact of reaching this level is synonymous with having gone quite far, especially in a country like yours.
After suffering a shoulder injury he opened a Tennis Academy in Gurgaon, a municipality near New Delhi Where many companies and organizations related to information technology are headquarters, one of the development shop windows in their country. Radhika Yadav was very successful in that new facet as a businesswoman and coach, and that triggered the tragedy according to the first investigations.
Radichika Yadav competed at ITF level
In the father's environment, Deepak Yadav, 49 years oldlittle landowner who lived in a rural environment, began to comment that he lived from his daughter's money and felt humiliated for it. The father would have demanded that he close his business to what she refused although, according to a friend of the unfortunate tennis player to The Hindustan Times, I had finally decided to yield, tired of the pressure. The success of the tennis player on social networks also contributed to worsen the relationship between father and daughter.
The tragedy occurred last Thursday, when Radikha Yahav's uncle, who lived on the top of his apartment, found his niece lying in the kitchen and the gun next to her. He transferred her to her son to a hospital but the doctors couldn't do anything for her. Father confessed to having shot at her five times With a 32 -caliber revolver, in the back, while she cooked.
Police inspector Vinod Kumar confirmed The Indian Express The confession of the alleged murderer, while speculating if the tennis player was present during the tragedy. Around 150 people attended the funeral of the young tennis player, who leaves deep pain among her loved ones after being killed by her own father, supposedly for those jealousy that everything was so good.
Radhika Yadav, tennis player, 25 years old.
Indian, from New Delhi.
This girl was killed three days ago with five—I repeat, five—gunshots to the back.
The killer isn’t a robber, he’s not a stalker, he’s not a psychopath, or rather, maybe he is, because the motive is absurd and… pic.twitter.com/i4TAoQZQa5— armandoparlati_BRING_THEM_HOME🇮🇹🎗️ 🧡 (@armandoparlati) July 14, 2025
