A wildcard in the French Open junior at stake, top sixteen boys and girls will compete at Rendez-vous a Roland-Garros Masters at the DLTA Sports Complex here from April 18th to 19th to qualify for the playoffs in Paris, the organisers said today.
A wildcard in the French Open junior at stake, top sixteen boys and girls will compete at Rendez-vous a Roland-Garros Masters at the DLTA Sports Complex here from April 18th to 19th to qualify for the playoffs in Paris, the organisers said today.
A qualifying round will be held at Pune and Kolkata next month to select the top 16 boys and girls who will play at the third edition of the Masters in April. The main draw of the qualifiers will consist of 64 boys and 48 girls.
The winners of the Indian leg will then go on to face the winners from Brazil, South Korea, China, Japan & the United States in the playoffs in Paris and the eventual champions will get a wild card entry to the French Open Junior.
Three time Roland Garros winner Arantxa Sanchez Vicario will attend the Masters in New Delhi as the brand ambassador for Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros in partnership with Longines.
"I am extremely excited to be part of the Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros in partnership with Longines. Such initiatives help us grow the talent map for tennis across the world and I am very impressed with the Indian talent I am seeing today in the global circuit," Arantxa said.
"I have always felt that learning tennis on clay builds a very strong foundation for young talent. Having global partners like Longines really helps such tournaments to grow and nurture grass roots level talent."
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) in association with All India Tennis Association (AITA) today announced the much awaited third Indian edition of Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros in partnership with Longines.
"We have made a long term and solemn commitment to nurture and encourage talent from India. Last year we worked closely with AITA and created new clay courts. This year we have added another dimension with the inclusion of the qualifiers in Kolkata and Pune allowing for more players to vie for this golden opportunity," said Sam Primaut, French Tennis Federation (FFT), Director of Development.
Welcoming this years' edition of the Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros, AITA president Praveen Mahajan said, "AITA is committed to it's partnership with the FFT and we are extremely happy to see the progress of this initiative growing each year since the past three years.
"The opportunity that the Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros provides is excellent and we want to encourage more talent to participate, hence the decision to add a qualifiers leg and integrate it into our calendar and ranking points. We want to use this measure to increase the talent pool and scout for the best to represent us at the finals in Paris."
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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