$50000 KPIT ATP Challenger to provide Chance for Indians to redeem themselves

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$50000 KPIT ATP Challenger to provide Chance for Indians to redeem themselves

Pune, October 8: Top Indian players and Indian Davis Cuppers Yuki Bhambri , Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramnathan, Sumit Nagal will have an oppurtunity to redeem themselves and make important points to begin their 2017 season on a strong footing at the MSLTA organized $50000 KPIT ATP Challenger which will be played at the Shiv Chattrapathi Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex from October 22 -October 29.

For the first time ever the city will witness a combined event with a $10000 ITF women championships being played simultaneously with the men event , the events will also form a of the Maharashtra Tennis week which was started last year

The event will offer a total prize money of $50000 (Rs. 33.50 Lakhs) for men and $10000 (Rs. 6.50 lakhs) is being sponsored by Pune based technology giant KPIT for the third year in a row and organized by the Maharashtra State Lawn tennis Association (MSLTA), Pune Metropolitan District tennis Association (PMDTA), in association with the Directorate of Sports and Youth Services Govt. of Maharashtra.

Top players and Davis Cuppers from 22 countries across the world including Evegeny Donskoy of Russia, James Ward of England Duck Lee of Korea have sent in their entries, which closed yesterday evening, the final acceptance list will be out 4 days before the event.

“This event is a fantastic opportunity for Tennis enthusiasts in Pune, to witness International tennis and see the stars battle it out for the title at the highest level”, said Kishor Patil, the President of the organizing Committee.

He further added, “The tournament has provided a great opportunity for Indian players like Yuki who won the event last year to pick up valuable points last year and break into the top 100. Many of our players like Saketh , Ramkumar also made ATP points . We hope this year to the event will help some Indian to break into the top 100 bracket

Tournament Director and Hon. Secretary of the MSLTA said, “We expect 10 Indian players in the main draw including the wildcards giving Indian players an opportunity to compete at world class level

and that too on the home turf”.

 

The KPIT Challenger will offer $7,200 (Rs.4, 71, 00) and 80 ATP points to the winner while the runners up get $4,053 (Rs.2, 65,000) and 55 ATP points. The Semifinalist will get $2,216 (Rs.145000each) and 33 points, while the Quarter Finalist gets $1,267 (Rs.83, 000 each) and 17 points. The First round winner gets $ 760 (Rs.50000 each) and 8 ATP points, the Main Draw player get $444 (Rs.29000 each) and 0 points, however the qualifier for the Main draw gets 5 ATP points.

The qualifying rounds will be played on Saturday 22nd and 23rd October, the main draw of the event will get underway from Monday 24th. The matches will be played from 11am onwards and entry is free for spectators.

Italian Camelo Di Dio will be the ATP supervisor for the event, while Nitin Kannamwar will be the chief referee of the event

“A special Organizing Committee with Kaustubh Shah , Jayant Kadhe, Himanshu Gosavi, as organizing secretaries and Arun Sane, Narendra Sopal, Abhishek Tamhane, Prashant Sutar, Ashwin Girme, Rajendra Kango, Shekar Sonsale as members of the Committee, has been formed to ensure the success of the event”, Iyer added.

Record of Last 2 years of KPIT ATP Challenger

Singles

2014 : Yūichi Sugita ( Japan) bt Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (Spain ) 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–4

2015 : Yuki Bhambri (India) bt Evgeny Donskoy (Russia ) 6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

2014 Saketh Myneni / Sanam Singh (India ) bt Sanchai / Sonchat Ratiwatana (Thailand) 6–3, 6–2

2015 Gerard Granollers / Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (Spain) bt Maximilian Neuchrist (Austria)/ Divij Sharan (India )1–6, 6–3, [10–6]

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