AITA News .....

[usaindian]

looks like the training did help some

[jaydeep]

Check this interview of Karti Chidambram, Vice President of AITA.

Exclusive Interview – Karti Chidambram, Vice President of AITA, on Indian Tennis

- On the selection process for the Olympic Games
The AITA will decide in June. A comprehensive committee will take the decision

- On whether players will be consulted as to who they would prefer to partner?
Absolutely, the players view will be taken too.

- On any plans to being more ATP/ WTA events to India?
No. The priority is to conduct more Futures and Challengers.

- On what it will take for India to produce world class champions in singles?
We need to back players from the age of 16 for a minimum of 5 years. They need to train, travel and compete throughout the year.

- On any promising juniors that you have caught his attention?
My favourites are Mohit Mayur, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal.

[bujilover]

Good news We finally will have a Challenger tournament in India this year on the week of September-24.

[sameerph]

Good news We finally will have a Challenger tournament in India this year on the week of September-24.

Yes, I saw that appear on the AITA calender. But, don't be so sure about it till it actually appears in the ATP calender which should be somewhere in early June.

[sameerph]

The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association unveiled it's calender for the year -

KSLTA unveils ITF calendar

It shows 6 mens $10K futures & 3 women futures. It is good to see ITF tennis got to far off places all over Karnataka. The only grouse against AITA now ( in terms of organising tournaments) is lack of higher level tournaments - $15K futures - there has not been a single one held so far & does not appear on calender at least till September & challenges - there have not been any held since last 2-3 years.

[gautam]

WTA is all set to introduce $125,000 challenger events with India being one of the countries as host. Four top 50 players will be taking part in the tournament and six wild cards will be given.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spor ... 095847.cms

[jaydeep]

Yes, Pune or Mumbai.

[bujilover]

There will again be 3 sets of $10K Men's futures in Tamil Nadu ,this time 1 in Coimbatore (CBE) and 2 in Chennai

Schedule:

16-22 July - Coimbatore $10K F10
23-29 July - Chennai $10K F11
30 Jul - 5 Aug - Chennai $10K F12

Guess Shriram Balaji being the local lad will be the hot favourite for the title in CBE.2 good weeks to bunk office

[jaydeep]

Nice article about AITA's initiative about organizing $10K futures and ITF tournaments.

A rosy picture

The All India Tennis Association might have served a double fault on the tricky selection of the Indian team for the London Olympics, but it has certainly been striving to serve an ace with a slew of developmental programmes for Indian tennis. Its ambitious plan to hold at least 30 to 40 ITF events in the country.

[vidhyashankar]

Guess Shriram Balaji being the local lad will be the hot favourite for the title in CBE.2 good weeks to bunk office

Dinesh,

I had not seen this post.Missed it completely.Have any plans to come down to CBE?

[bujilover]

Dinesh,

I had not seen this post.Missed it completely.Have any plans to come down to CBE?

Meh I'm actually coming on Saturday (going palakad :-P)

[bujilover]

WTA Challenger series in India

WTA Challenger Series Heads To Delhi

I just hope the likes of Rishika,Kyra,Rutuja and Peddy Reddy makes use of this

[PKBasu]

Actually this should also provide a nice opportunity for Sania to pick up some valuable singles points just before the end of the season (and also celebrate her birthday in India!).

[sameerph]

WTA Challenger series in India

WTA Challenger Series Heads To Delhi

I just hope the likes of Rishika,Kyra,Rutuja and Peddy Reddy makes use of this

This is old news, Dinesh. Prasanna had already opened a thread to discuss this -

India to host a $125,000 Tourney

[Atithee]

Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna banned for 2 years

AITA bans Bhupathi and Bopanna for two years from Davis cup. Twitter war has begun from Mahesh already with a promise of more to come.