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<\/a><\/p>\n42 players are to participate in the third edition of the Marina Open AITA Ranking Wheelchair Tennis Tournament to begin on Wednesday, 7th August at 9 a.m. at the well-known SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai.<\/p>\n
Vijay Amritraj, India\u2019s Tennis Legend and President, TNTA hailed the development of Wheelchair Tennis in India. It was important that sport of Tennis spread far and wide and included the disabled. He was confident that in time these players will also make a mark in the International sphere. He also thanked the SDAT for providing the stadium at a subsidised rate for this special event.<\/p>\n
Sunil Jain, Chairman of Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour said that the Wheelchair Tournament will the beneficial for the disable and will be held year after year. We thank the Sponsors especially the Main Sponsor L & T Technology Services for Contributing wholeheartedly to the cause. The fact that participation has been growing steadily in number denotes the continuing popularity of the Sport. He also thanked the other supporters.<\/p>\n
Paneesh Rao, Head of HR, L & T Technology said \u201cIt gives us immense pleasure to support this great initiative of Wheelchair Tennis In India and partner with Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour in achieving the vision of producing Indian players amongst the Top 100 in the world in this category.\u201d<\/p>\n
Salient Features of the Tournament:
\nThe number of entries for the Men\u2019s event is 34 \u2013 19 from Karnataka, 13 from Tamil Nadu, 1 from Uttar Pradesh and 1 from United Kingdom. The top seed is Shekar Veeraswamy of Karnataka followed by S. Balachandar seed 2 and Karthik Karunakar seed 3 from Tamil Nadu. In the Women\u2019s Event, there are a total of 8 entrants \u2013 7 from Karnataka and 1 from Tamil Nadu with Prathima Rao of Karnataka being the top seed. Others in the fray are K.P. Shilpa of Karnataka and Nalina Kumari of Karnakata.<\/p>\n
The Men\u2019s Winner will get 30 points and the Runner Up will get 22 points while the Women\u2019s Winner will get 15 points and the Runner Up 12 points. The Men\u2019s Doubles events will also be conducted. The tournament carries a total Prize Money of Rs. 2, 32,000\/-.<\/p>\n
The first and second rounds of the Men\u2019s Singles and the Round Robin matches in the Women\u2019s event will be played best of 17 games and from quarterfinals onwards the matches will be played best of 3 sets.<\/p>\n
The Finals will to be played on Saturday, 10th August 2019<\/p>\n
Tournament Details<\/p>\n
Name of the Championship III Marina Open AITA Ranking Wheelchair Tennis Tournament
\nUnder the auspices of All India Tennis Association & Tamil Nadu Tennis Association
\nRanking Status AITA Ranking Wheelchair Tennis
\nPromoted by Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour (A Division of Astha, Bengaluru)
\nMain Sponsor L & T Technologies Services
\nSupporters Cavin Kare, GRT Gold, NanOLife and others.
\nMedical Partner Appollo Hospitals
\nTennis Balls Yonex Tour
\nVenue SDAT Tennis Stadium, Lake Area, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600034
\nTotal No. of events Four (4) – Men & Women Singles & Doubles
\nMain Draw matches begin on Men & Women: Wednesday 7th August 2019
\nFinals Singles & Doubles – Saturday, 10thAugust 2019
\nSign in Qualifying & Maindraw 6th August 2019 (2:00 p.m. to 4: 00 p.m.)<\/p>\n
Composition of Main Draw:
\nSingles Men Singles Women Singles (Round Robin) Men\u2019s Doubles Womens Doubles
\nQualifiers 8
\nWild card 4 2
\nDirect entries 36 8 14
\nTotal 48 8 16<\/p>\n
Total number of entries received:
\nEvent Men Women Total
\nSingles 34 8 42
\nDoubles 16 4 20
\nTotal 50 12 62
\nAITA POINTS
\nW R S.F. Q.F. P Q.F. I Rd
\nMen 30 22 12 6 4 2
\nWomen 15 12 5 4 3 1<\/p>\n
Prize Money
\n1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semi-finals Runner up Winner Total
\nSingles 1000×16 1500×8 5000×4 9000×2 25000×1 30000×1
\nMen 16,000.00 12,000.00 20,000.00 18,000.00 25,000.00 30,000.00 1,21,000.00<\/p>\n
1000×8 3000×4 4000×2 6000×1 13000×1
\nWomen 8,000.00 12,000.00 8,000.00 6,000.00 13,000.00 47,000.00<\/p>\n
Doubles 2000×4 7000×2 10000×1 15000×1
\nMen 8,000.00 14,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 47,000.00<\/p>\n
2000×2 5000×1 8000×1
\nWomen 4,000.00 5,000.00 8,000.00 17,000.00
\nTotal 2,32,000.00<\/p>\n
Winners of 2018
\nMens Singles
\nWomens Singles
\nShekar Veeraswamy (KA)
\nPrathima Rao (KA)<\/p>\n
Organising Secretary Mr. Sunil Jain
\nTournament Director Mr. Hiten K. Joshi
\nAITA Representative Mr. Nar Singh
\nChief Referee Mr. P. Saravanan
\nCHENNAI Hiten Joshi
\n02.08.2019 Tournament Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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