Chennai, Jan 10 (.) Players from 14 countries will be seen in action in the Adityan ITF M25 International Tennis Tournament
to be held at the well maintained SDAT stadium from January 12 rto18.
After the sign in, the singles qualifying rounds begins later today.
The sign in for Doubles scheduled for Monday, when the main draw matches in both the sections would begin.
This event is now an annual feature in the Tamil Nadu Tennis calender with the top players in the country keenly looking forward
to participating in it.
The total prize money is USD 30,000 and with 25 ATP points awaiting the singles winners and 16 for the Runner Up.
Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) President and flegendary Davis Cupper Vijay Amritraj, while welcoming the conduct of a
M25 Men’s Futures event said, ” I appreciate the spontaneous gesture of Kannan Adityan to annually come forward to sponsor
this M25 futures which has a special connotation for aspiring Indian Tennis Players who can now experience international
competition on home ground and improve their world rankings.”
Players from 14 countries – Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Japan, Finland, Tunisia, Malaysia, Korea, Indonesia,
France, Kazakhstan, Romania, Uzbekistan and India are participating in the event.
The Chennai public will be treated to some excellent tennis during the Pongal holiday week.
As per the acceptance list Max Houkes from Netherlands ranked 247 will lead the foreign challenge in the main draw of 32 and Ilia
Samakin of Russia will be the second seed.
The Indian challenge will be led by Karan Singh will be the seeded 5, others Indian in the draw will be former National champion
Manish Suresh Kumar, Manas Dhamne, Prajwal Dev and Sidharth Rawat.
The 4 Wild cards for the main draw are Manish Suresh Kumar, Keerthivasan Suresh, Kabir Hans and Hitesh Chauhan, a TNTA
release said.
Dharaka Ellawala from Sri Lanka will be the ITF Referee for the tournament and Hiten Joshi would be the Tournament Director.
Events would be held in Singles and Doubles over the week, with the Doubles title clash scheuled on January 17 evening and
the Singles final the next evening.
The entry to witness the event will be free and the matches will be held from 9 AM to 6PM.
. GV 0920