Hi, I’m Nilesh Pothirajan, a sophomore at CB South. I’ve been a tennis player for six years and a co-founder of TensionX.

Tennis has always been a huge part of my life, and I’ve grown up watching players like Nick Kyrgios and Ben Shelton, whose creativity and individuality inspire me to see the game in a new light.

Along my tennis journey, I noticed that stringing in my area was often treated as one size fits all, which pushed me to think differently, and what led me and my team to create TensionX.

Outside of tennis, I enjoy playing guitar and trying all kinds of food, and that same curiosity drives how I approach innovation at TensionX.