Warangal to host All India Talent Series Tennis tourney

Warangal: An All India Talent Series Tennis Tournament -2013 for under-16 girls and boys would be organised here by Warangal District Tennis Association (WDTA). The tournament will be held at Warangal Club situated at Subedari in Hanamkonda and also at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal from April 27 to May 4, 2013, informed the tournament director Prof. Erragattu Swamy here on Wednesday. So far 18 entries from girls and 40 entries from boys received by the organizers. Addressing a press conference along with office bearers of the association and of the club, Prof. Swamy said that the tournament is a ranking tournament where all the participating players are all India rank holders. Performance here will enhance their ranking at national level. The event is being organized as per the guidelines of All India Tennis Association (AITA), he noted. This is the second occasion where a tennis tournament of national level is conducted in Warangal. A similar tournament was held in 2010, said the tournament chairman Poddutoori Narayana Reddy. The tournament will be held on synthetic courts. At Warangal Club there is one court and two courts are at NIT. Warangal Club is sponsoring the event, said the club secretary E Premsagar. The association vice presidents Dr. Ch V Purushotham Reddy, G Satyanarayana Reddy, joint secretary B Kinj Bihari, executive committee members K Ravichandra, Dr. Md. Afzal, M Sreenivas, T Babu Reddy and others were present. Besides Hyderabad, Warangal is the only place where the national level tournaments are conducted in Telangana.