Chief Minister Raman Singh will inaugurate the Gondwana Cup All India Tennis Tournament 2018 (Men’s - Rs 10 lakh prize Money) on Monday at 11 a.m. at VIP Club, Raipur.
Special guest on the occasion will be Rohan Bopanna, Grand Slam winner. Vikram Singh Sisodia, President Chhattisgarh State Tennis Association will preside over the function.
The tournament will be played till December 7 where the main draw sign in event was held on Sunday. A total of 24 players have qualified for the event from different states.
As per the ranking for the competition, Siddarth Vishwakarma has been awarded top rank while Ranjeet V M (Tamil Nadu) is ranked second.
Gondwana Cup is one of the oldest Tennis tournaments started in 1937 during Central Province. Union Club, Raipur started the event. First time in 1965, Raipur player F X Santiago won the tournament and Abhijeet Tiwari won it in year 2011.
All India Tennis Association Supervisor Suprit Kumar (Bengaluru) has arrived at Raipur to conduct the tournament. On Sunday, the last rounds of qualifying matches were held for main draw.