Date:01/08/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/01/stories/2004080102621500.htm

Sport - Tennis

Nutrine Naturo sub-junior championship from Aug. 4

NEW DELHI, JULY 31 .The third leg of the Nutrine Naturo sub-junior tennis tournament will be held at the DLTA Complex here from August 4 to 7.

The tournament open for boys and girls in the under-12 and 14 age groups is expected to feature some of the talented kids in the country like Yuki Bhambri, Vinay Kamineni, A. Daniel Raj, Shweta Solanki, G. Janaki Rao and Aishwarya Srivastava.

The organisers said that the attempt was on to make quantitative and qualitative improvements in the circuit from the first edition held last year. The number of tournaments has been increased from five to seven, and it was said that the tournament would be taken to more cities in the coming years.

The first two legs were held in Chennai and Hyderabad, and the next three legs are scheduled to be held in Kolkata, Pune and Mumbai. The Masters event will be staged in Bangalore.

The winners of the Masters tournament will be taken to the Australian Open to spend a week watching the best tennis players in the world, as was done in the inaugural edition.