The preparations for ITF Women's tournament with a prize money of 25 thousand dollars are being held in full swing. The championship will be held from November 19 to 24 at Arera Club.
The tournament, organized under the joint aegis of Sports and Youth Welfare Department and Arera Club will be inaugurated on Tuesday by Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen.
Media in-charge of the tournament Sagar Srivastava, said that the tournament will be played between 32 players, with 20 players according to ATP seeding.
The player with the most points will participate in the tournament. It will also feature India's ATP ranking 181 Ankita Raina.
In this tournament which will be played according to the ITF guidelines, the winner will get 50 points and the runner-up will get 30 points.
All the players of the qualifying tournament have come to Bhopal for this tournament in which eight players will be contestants. Four players are being taken as wild card entries.
The matches will start at 9:00 am in the center court of Arera Club. A new surface has been inserted in court numbers 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 for this tournament.
International level preparations have been made to play against international players.
olden opportunity for Bhopal residents The tournament, held in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, will showcase India's star players, including eminent players from China, Great Britain, Japan, Thailand, Ukraine, Germany, Turkey, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Latavania, which will provide an opportunity for the residents of
ITF (International Tennis Federation) was established in 1913. 211 tennis institutions from various nations are members of the ITF. The ITF is the governing body of tennis in the world by which the rules of tennis are governed, maintained and regulated. International team events like Davis Cup, Federation Cup, Hapmen Cup are conducted by ITF. Grand Slam tournaments are judged in the Australian and US Open as well as juniors and professional women's, men's and senior rankings. Presently David Hagari of USA is the President of ITF and Anil Khanna Vice President of India.