The Govt will provide state-of-the-art training and exposure at domestic and international levels to 40 tennis players, including Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza.
NEW DELHI: The Government will provide state-of-the-art training and exposure at domestic and international levels to 40 tennis players, including Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza, who will form the 'core group' of sportspersons for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Under the 'Preparation of Indian Teams for Commonwealth Games, 2010' scheme, besides approving the 40 players, the Steering Committee has also identified in consultations with All India Tennis Association (AITA) six Indian and a foreign coach, a press release issued by the Sports Ministry said on Thursday.
The coaches are Dough MacCurdy from the US, national coach Vishal Uppal, Arun Kumar, Kawaljit Singh, Nar Singh, Sukhbir Singh, Shalini Thakur.
The Committee has also directed the AITA to submit without delay the names of supporting personnel such as sports analyst, doctor, physical trainer, masseur and masseuse as per the scheme for its approval.
It Sports Ministry has asked AITA to develop a comprehensive website, providing details of the players, coaches, sports equipment and facilities available in the country, within two months, a Sport Ministry release said.
As per the Scheme, the AITA has also been asked to prepare the Annual Calendar of Training and Competitions (ACTC) in consultation with SAI for imparting training of 305 days in a year for the period from August 2008 to March 31 next year.
AITA has identified DLTA Complex in Delhi and National Academy in Gurgaon as the training centres for the Core Group.
For providing infrastructural and equipment support, the Committee has asked the SAI to examine the requirements of the AITA and submit a consolidated proposal to it for approval.
The following names of sportspersons were approved for their inclusion in the Core Group under the Scheme:
Men: Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna, Somdev Devvarman, Harsh Mankad, Ashutosh Singh, Vishnu Vardhan, Karan Rastogi, Vivek Shokeen, Suni Kr. Sipaeya, Divij Sharan, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Yuki Bhambri, Sitaram Sudanwa, Akash Wagh, Vijayant Malik, Karanuday Singh, Ronak Manuja, Saurabh Singh.
Ladies: Sania Mirza, Sunitha Rao, Isha Lakhani, Rushmi Chakravarthi, Tara Iyer, Ankita Bhambri, Sanaa Bhambri, Sandhya Nagraj, Prerna Appineni, Parul Goswami, Shikha Oberoi, Poojashree Venkatesh, Rushmi Teltumbde, Tanvi Shah, Kelsey Sundaram, Soniya Dayal, Kyra Shroff, Ankita Raina, Sweta C Rana, Rishika Sunkara.
Coaches: Dough MacCurdy (US), Vishal Uppal (National Coach), Arun Kumar, Kawaljit Singh, Nar Singh, Sukhbir Singh, Shalini Thakur.
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