Was too tense to follow it live, says champ's mom, flies to Singapore
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli|December 13, 2024
WHEN D Gukesh won his World Championship match in Singapore, a thousand miles away his mother J Padmakumari had switched off her phone.
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Was too tense to follow it live, says champ's mom, flies to Singapore

She was too tense and could not follow it live. "I got to know about Gukesh's victory from his aunt," is what she said during an interaction with a TV channel in Chennai on Thursday.

Gukesh had said during a post-event press conference that his mother would be joining him and his father in Singapore on Friday. However, she wanted to surprise him and set off for the airport to take the earliest flight.

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