ORGANISED BY: Puri District Tennis Association (PDTA) with the support of Puri Club
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Sumant Kumar Subudhi (Mob: 99371-58001)
COORDINATOR: Sunil Mohapatra, Secretary, PDTA (Mob: 91784-62965)
TOURNAMENT REFEREE: Prabin Kumar Nayak, Mob: 94395-52536. E-mail: royaltennis.prabin@hotmail.com
DESCRIPTION:
* The tournament will feature competition in men`s singles (invitational), women`s singles, men`s open doubles, 40+ veteran men`s doubles and 50+ super veteran men`s doubles.
* Men’s singles, the main attraction of the tournament, has been title as `Odisha Tour Finals’ and it will be conducted on league-cum-knockout format and on the line of World Tour, featuring top 16 players of the state.
* The 16 players have been selected on the basis of points they have collected so far from AITA tournaments and top four state level tournaments, which include Nalco Open, KDTA Open, Utkal Open and KIIT Ace Base Open.
* The 16 will first play round-robin league after being divided into four groups and the top two finishers in group league will qualify for quarterfinals (main draw).
PLAYERS FOR MEN’S SINGLES LEAGUE:
Group A: Ansu Bhuyan, Ajay Nishank, Anand Senapati, Suraj Sahu
Group B: Santosh Mallik, Satirtha Pattnaik, Nishant Mohanty, Kumar Anurag Saran
Group C: Avilash Mishra, Asutosh Das, Harihar Guru, Purushottam Dash
Group D: Adarsh Sahoo, Manoj Nayak, Lalatendu Barma, Aditya Narayan Guru