Veteran Nitten Kirrtane and Asian games doubles bronze medallist will lead the Maharshtra Men's and Ladies teams for the National Games to be held in Kerala from February 2nd to February 9 . World top 100 doubles player Purav Raja and upcoming Juniors Vasanti Shinde and Mihika Yadav will also make their debut at the National games
" we hope that the tennis teams will bring back laurels and will help Maharashtra efforts to finish No 1 at the National games in Kerala " opined Sunder Iyer Hon secretary of MSLTA and executive Member of the Maharashtra Olympic Association .
The men's team will include South Paw Akash Wagh and Shahbaaz Khan apart from Kirrtane and Purav Raja , while the youthful women's team will include Rashmi Teltumbde, Mihika Yadav , Vasanti Shinde apart from Prarthana Thombare . Former national champion Sonal Phadke of Mumbai will be the coach of the women's team , while Jayant Kadhe of Pune will be coach of the Men's tennis team. MSLTA Vice President. Rajiv Desai of Solapur will be the manager of the team.
The team will leave for Kerala on February 1.