Isha gets top billing in ITF Futures meet

World No. 380 Isha Lakhani gets the top billing at the Mother’s Recipe $10,000 ITF Women’s Futures tennis tournament at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana here to be held from May 18-23.

The event has attracted 11 foreign players in the main draw along with seven Indians. Secretary of the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), Sharad Kannamwar, said that a number of tournaments had been planned to prepare Indians for the Commonwealth Games to be hosted in Delhi next year. This tournament is a part of a series of three tournaments that will be held in India. The other two tournaments for women will be held in Delhi in September.

“This is a move to prepare our youngsters for the Commonwealth Games. Also, it is difficult for Indians to go out and participate in European circuits. This is the best way to prepare them,” Kannamwar said.