IssueJanuary2012

2011 ACHIEVMENTS AT A GLANCE

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ROHANBOPANNAandAisamQureshiknownasIndoPakExpressmadetheirteamdebutbyqualifying fortheBarclaysATPWorldTourseasonsFinale.Theyareplacedat5th positionintheWorld. LEANDERPAESandMAHESHBHUPATHIarerankedatthe4thpositionintheWorld. Indiahas3Doublesspecialistsinthetop10rankintheWorld. SANIAMIRZAisrankedarethe11thpositionintheDoublesand87intheSinglesintheWorld. SOMDEVDEVVARMANisrankedatthe84thpositionintheWorld. INDIANjuniorsteamwasplacedat5thpositionattheWorldTennisChampionship WJC . SOMDEVDEVVARMANwasawardedArjunaAwardon29August2011.Hehadstruckagoldendouble lastyearbyfinishingontopinboththeCommonwealthandAsianGamessinglesevents. India hosted the FIRST international WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Tournament $2000 at the RK Khanna tennisstadium. TheICIndiaJuniorsTeamsupportedbyAITAhasforthe3rd consecutive yearWONtheICAsianYouth Challenge2011atSingapore.

DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS IndiahasbeenparticipatingintheDavisCupsince1921.In2011in theveryfirstroundwelosttotheexistingchampionsSerbia14anawaytieatBelgrade.IntheWorldGroupplayoff in Tokyo on 1618 September Japan defeated India by a similar margin. The Japanese benefited from very good performancesfromtheyoungYuichiSugita,whobeatIndiasNo.1SomdevDevvarmanintheopeningmatch,and Kei Nishikori, who earned his two singles points, to reach a place in the World Group after 26 years. India has revertedbacktotheAsia/OceaniaGroupIin2012.

India has received a first round BYE and will play thewinneroftheNewZealandvUzbekistaninthe secondroundoftheZoneAsia/OceaniaGroupI.

India lost to Serbia 1-4 in Serbia

India lost to Japan 1-4 in Japan THEPERFORMANCEOFOURPLAYERSTHROUGHOUTTHEYEAR2011 SINGLES DOUBLES PLAYER Win/Loss Win/Loss

RANKINGS(asof31stOctober2011)

MaheshBhupathi RohanBopanna KaranRastogi SomdevDevvarman VishnuVardhan

NATION UAE BAN JOR KSA BRN SIN MYA KYZ QAT TJK SNO 31 32 33 34 35 RANK 119 120 128 129 130

03 01 12 01
NATION IRQ TKM YEM MGL BRU

10 1 1 0 1

SNO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

RANK 10 17 19 26 30 34 40 41 42 55

NATION KAZ JPN IND UZB CHN TPE KOR PHI THA INA

SNO 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

RANK 56 64 72 74 76 78 79 81 93 95

NATION PAK HKG MAS KUW SRI LIB VIE OMN SYR IRI

SNO 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

RANK 100 102 103 107 108 110 111 112 117 118

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FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS P S

ORY Fed Cu was launch in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anni up hed iversary of th Internation Tennis he nal BRIEF HISTO Federation (I ITF). It is now the worlds largest annu international team com w s ual mpetition in w womens sport, with 90 nationsenter ringin2011. i a's Cup 2006, when it was the run t nnerup in India played the first tie in 1991. India best Fed C performance came in 2 a ndias Manish Malhotra a Sania Mir broke the record for playing the ha and rza Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. In 2004, In longesttiebre eak(2119)ag gainstUzbekis stansVladaEkshibarovaan ndIvannaIsra ailova. NCE IN 2011 In 2011 In ndia managed to win one r rubber in eac of its three roundrobin matches ch e n PERFORMAN againstUzbek kistan,Thailan ndandChina,P.R.andinits srelegationplayofftieaga ainstChineseT Taipei.Howev verfour2 1defeatscon nsignedittoA Asia/OceaniaZ ZoneGroupII for2012tob beheldinShen nzen,China30Jan5Feb.Presently Indiaisranke edat61. WIN/LOSS Gr roup Ro ound W/L Co ountry Score S Gr roupI,Asia/Oce eania,GroupA RoundRobin n L China,P P.R. 12 Gr roupI,Asia/Oce eania,GroupA RoundRobin n L Uzbekis stan 12 Gr roupI,Asia/Oce eania,GroupA RoundRobin n L Thailan nd 12 Gr roupI,Asia/Oce eania RelegationPl layoffFinal L Chinese eTaipei 12
THEPERFO ORMANCEOFOU URPLAYERSTHR ROUGHOUT THEYEA AR2011 SINGLES DOUBLES PL LAYER Win/Loss Win/Loss

RushmiCHAKRAVARTHI SaniaMIRZ ZA Poojashree eVENKATESHA AshvaryaSHRIVASTAVA

21 03 02

22 02 10 10

RANKING G(asof07N November201 11)

SNO. 1 2 3 4 5 RA ANK 12 1 25 2 29 2 30 3 31 3 NATION N JPN CHN THA KAZ UZB SNO. 6 7 8 9 10 RA ANK 32 35 38 51 59 NATIO ON KOR TPE INA HKG PHI SNO. 11 12 13 14 15 RANK R 61 64 68 74 77 NATIO ON IND D SIN N KGZ Z TKM M MAS SNO. 16 17 18 19 20 RANK 78 82 91 91 95 NAT TION PAK P OM MN IRI I SRI S SYR

GRAND S G SLAMS

The T performance of Indian players at th Grand Slam has been im he ms mproving stea adily. Leande Paes, Mahe Bhupathi, er esh RohanBopann R na,SomdevDe evvermenand dSaniaMirza havebeenco onsistentatten nders.Thede etailsof2011 GrandSlams areasbelow: a AUSTRALIAN OPEN is the first Grand S A e Slam tournam ment of the ye held in M ear Melbourne from 1731 Ja 2011. The total prize money of the event was A f an. e e AUD$26,000,0 000. The Indianplayers smadetheirdistinctpresen ncefelt. MEN Leande Paes / Mah M er hesh Bhupath reached the Finals of th Doubles m hi he main draw whiletheIndo w oPakpairofB Bopanna/Qur reshireachedthePQstage.
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AO A W WOMENSan niaMirzarepr resentedIndia aintheboths singlesanddoublesevent. MIXED DOUB M BLES Mahesh Bhupathi w with Rodionov [AUS] reac va ched the QF stage while LeanderPaesa L alongwithBla ack[ZIM]reac chedthePQst tage. JUNIORSRis shikaSunkararepresentedIndiainthegi irlsevent. ROLANDGAR R RROSwashe eldfromMay2 22Jun5,20 011inParis. TheIndianp playersmad theirusualpre t esencefeltint theDoublesev vent. MEN Somde Devvarman represented India in the singles main draw. Roha Bopanna M ev n d n an along with Ai a isim Qureshi [PAK] reache the PQ sta of the do ed age oubles main d draw while LeanderPaes/ L /MaheshBhu upathireached dthe2ndround. W WOMEN Sa ania Mirza re eached the fin nals of the doubles main draw. She p paired with Vesnina[RUS]whileinthes V singlesmaind drawMirzarea achedthe2nd round. MIX M DOUBLES Leander Paes with Ben P nesova [CZE] reached the QF stage wh Mahesh hile Bhupathipaire B edwithZhen[CHN]andrea achedthePQs stage.
st WIMBLEDON The championship was h W held from 21s Juneto4th July2011.T total The thCh prizemoneyfo p orthe125 hampionships sisnowSTG14.6million(A AUD$22.65mil llion).

M MEN Lean nder Paes, Mahesh Bhupa M athi, Somdev Devvarman & Rohan B v Bopanna represente IND. Lean ed nderPaes with Mahesh Bhu h upathi & nd Somdev D Devvarman re eached the 2n Rd. in the doubles maindraw w. WOMEN SaniaMirzar representedIN NDintheboth hsingles and doub bles event. She reached the SFs with Vaesnina[ [RUS]inthed doubles maindraw w. MIXEDDOUB M BLESMahesh hBhupathialo ongwithE.Va aesnina (RUS)reached ( dtheFinalswh hileLeanderw withBlack[ZIM]and RohanBopann R naandSaniaM Mirzapairreac chedtheQFst tage. USOPENwa U asheldattheU USTABillieJeanKingNatio onalTennisCe entreinFlushi ingMeadows, ,NYfrom27A August09 September,2011.Thisyea S arUSOpenpu urseincreased dbymorethan n1milliondol llars,arecord d$23.7million n. MEN Som mdev Devvar rman represe ented IND in the singles ma draw. Th IndoPak pair Rohan Bopanna ain he with Asim Qureshi [PA reached t SF stage of the m AK] the doubles m main draw w while the Indi ian pair Le eander Paes/MaheshBhupathireachedtheQ QFstage. a d e WOMEN Sania Mirza represented IND in the both singles an doubles ev nd vent. She rea ached the PQ stage Q alongw withVaesnina a[RUS]inthedoublesmain ndraw. D es na MIXED DOUBLES Leander Pae with Vesnin [RUS] reache the SF sta ed age. Mahesh Bhupathi alo ong with Sania Mirza and Ro ohan Bopanna with King [U a USA] also sentedIndia. repres

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2011 ITF JUNIOR TEAM CO 2 R OMPETIT TIONS

The Asia/Oce T eania prequ ualifying for Junior Davis Cup, s Junior Fed C Cup and Wor Junior Tennis was h rld held in Colombo,SriL C Lankafrom21 126February y2011.10boy ysand 4girlsteams competedfor 4 r3placesinth heJDCandJFCfinal qualifyingeven q nts,while10b boysand5gir rlsteamscom mpeted for f the 3place in WJT fin qualifying PHI, SRI & SYR es nal g. & qualified for t JDC final qualifying wh HKG,SIN q the q hile &SRI qualifiedforth q heJFCfinalqualifying.For rtheAsia/Oc ceania WJT(Boys)fi W inalqualifying gteamsfrom YEM,SYRan ndINA qualifiedwhile q eforSRI,PHI andKAZqua alifiedfortheW WJT(Girls)fi inalqualifying g. TheAsia/Oceaniafinalqualifyingeven T ntsforJunior rDavisCupan ndJuniorFed dCupbyBNP PParibaswer reheldonthe courtsofRK.K c KhannaTenni isStadium,Ne ewDelhifrom m1823Apri il,2011and26April01M May2011resp pectively.16 boysandgirls b steamseacha aged16&und dercontestedforfourspots sintheFinals. JUNIORDAVIS SCUPIndiabaggedthe13thposition.INDbeatSRI[30]andlostt 3 toTPE[12]andCHN[03]. . TheIndianco T ontigentcomp prisedofSh haikAbdullah,FatehdeepSingh,GarvitBa atra&Captain nVishal AUS,JPN,HKG A GandTHAqua alifiedfortheJ JDCFinalsheldinMexicofr rom27thSept temberto2ndOctober,2011. FINALSTAND F DING S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No NationS.NoNation S.N Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation n No o 1 AUS 2 JPN 3 HKG 4 THA 5 CHN 6 KOR 7 7 UZB 8 TPE JUNIOR 9 SYR 10 INA 11 MAS 12 PHI 13 IND 1 14 SRI 15 5 NZL 16 6 KAZ FED CUP F Indiabaggedt the9thposition n.INDbeatSR RI[30]andlo osttoAUS[03 3]andTHA[12]. The T Indianco ontigentcom mprisedofJa asmine Kaur Bajaj, Tahira Bhatti, Snehadevi Reddy and Captain Sh halini Thakur Chawla. C AUS,JPN,TPEandTHAqual A lifiedfortheJDCFinalsheld dinMexicofro om27thSeptemberto2ndOctober,2011. FINAL F S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S n S.No Nation S. .No Nation S.No Nation S.N Nation No STANDING S 1 AUS 2 JPN 3 TPE 4 THA 5 KOR 6 KAZ 7 INA 8 NZL 9 IND 10 HKG 11 PHI 12 UZB 13 SIN 14 1 CHN 1 15 MAS 1 16 SRI

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WORLDJUNIORTENNISTheAsia/OceaniafinalqualifyingeventofWorldJuniorTennisforboysandgirlswasstaged inKuching,MalaysiaonthecourtsofSarawakLawnTennisAssociationCentrefrom0207May,2011forBoysandfrom 0914May2011forGirlsrespectively.16boysand16girlsteamseachcontestedforfouravailablespotseachinthe Finals. Garvit Batra, Sumit Nagal, Sahil Deshmukh and Sunil Yajaman [captain] formed the Indian boys contingent. They were placed at number 3 in Asia / Oceania, whereas Sneha Devi Reddy, Dhruthi Venugopal, Devanshi BhimjiyaniandRadhikaKanitkar[captain]participatedingirlscategoryandtheypositionedatnumber6spot. FINALSTANDING S.No Nation S.No NationS.No Nation S.NoNationS.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation BOYS 1 KOR 2 JPN 3 IND 4 CHN 5 AUS 6 THA 7 TPE 8 HKG 9 UZB 10 INA 11 NZL 12 YEM 13 MAS 14 SYR 15 SIN 16 SRI S.No Nation S.No NationS.No Nation S.NoNationS.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation GIRLS 1 AUS 2 KOR 3 CHN 4 NZL 5 JPN 6 IND 7 UZB 8 THA 9 TPE 10 INA 11 HKG 12 MAS 13 SRI 14 KAZ 15 PHI 16 SIN JUNIORWORLDFINALS In the Asia/Oceania region boys teams from IND along with KOR, JPN & CHN qualified for the 21st World Junior Tennis Finals held on the clay courts of TK ProstejovintheCzechRepublicfrom0108Oct2011.Thisyearsawarecord breaking202teamscompetefromatotalof113countries. The Indian contigent comprised of Garvit Batra, Sumit Nagal, Sahil DeshmukhandSunilYajaman[captain] Ourplayersexhibitedsomescintillatingtennis.Theywerepositioned13thinthe World. FINALSTANDING
S.No Nation S.No 1 9 KOR CAN 2 10 NatioS.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation S.No Nation JPN ITL 3 11 USA CZE 4 12 ROM BEL 5 13 IND ESP 6 14 CHN BRA 7 15 FRA COL 8 16 ARG MOR

ITF 14 & UNDER ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 [GROUP 1] ITF in conjunction with the ATF conducted the 14 &Under Asian Junior Championships (Group 1) at the Pusat Tennis KemayoranTennisCentreinJakarta,Indonesia.ThetwoweekeventwashostedbytheIndonesianTennisAssociation from22March3April2011. The championship attracted the best under 14 Asian juniors from the neighbouring countries China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Philippines and Thailandand host nation, Indonesia. In addition,there were two ITF teams comprisingthebestplayersfromtheGroup2and3events. TheIndianplayerswereaccompaniedbyNarendraNathSurat[Coach].Performedofourplayersisasbelow. TOURNAMENT1 BOY'SSINGLES SahilDeshmukhcapturedthetitlebybeatingitscounterpartGarvitBatra6361
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Our juniors made their presence felt in some of the prestigious international events. The following playersgotanexcellentexposureandexperience.

 BOY'SDOUBL B LES SahilD Deshmukhalon ngwithGarvit tBatrareache edtheSFstage e.Theylostto othewinnersZhouXuFan /Zhon ngSuhao[seed d1CHN]36,75(103) VishuP Prasadreache edthe2ndroun ndinbothsinglesanddoub blesevents. GIRL'SSINGLE G ES SnehaDeviReddyre eachedtheSFstage.Shelos sttothewinn nerandthetop pseedIndonesianplayer. hiBhimjiyaniandDhrutiVe enugopalreac chedthe3rdro ound. Devansh GIRLSDOUBL G LESSnehaD DeviReddywithDhrutiVen nugopalreache edtheSFstage TOURNAMEN T NT2 BOY'SSINGLE B ES SahilD Deshmukhrea achedtheFina als. GarvitBatraandVis shuPrasadrea achedthe3rda and2ndroundsrespectively y. BOY'SDOUBL B LES SahilD Deshmukhalon ngwithGarvit tBatrareache edtheFinalsw wheretheyagainlosttothe eChinesepair ZhouX XuFan/Zhong gSuHao16,62(105) VishuP Prasadreache edthe2ndroun nd. GIRL'SSINGLE G ES Dhruti iVenugopalre eachedtheQF FstagewhileS SnehaDeviRe eddyandDevanshiBhimji iyanireached d the3rdround. GIRLSDOUBL G LES SnehaDeviReddyw withDhrutiVenugopalreach hedtheQFsta age

ASIA / OCE A EANIA CLO OSED CHAM MPIONSHIP (GRADE B P B1) TheGradeB1 Championshipswasheldo T onthehardco ourtsofJejuD Do,Koreafrom m0106Nov vember2011. Anumberof f Indianplayers squalifiedforthemaindraw wandgainedi inexposure. BoysR.Ram B manAShaikha andA.Kadhe. GirlsRitujaB G Bhosale,Kanik kaVaidyaandRatnikaBatr ra. IC I JUNIOR CHALLENG GE ICIndiaJunior rsteam(U/16 6)sponsored inpartnershi ipandwithsu upportofAITA A,hasforthe3rdconsecuti iveyear,won the t IC Asian J Junior Youth Challenge 2011, held at th Changi Bea Club, from August 30 to September 02, 2011.in he ach m r Singapore. S TheIndiantea T amcomprisedofShaikhAbd dullah,Fatehd deepSingh (Boy)Tarrann ( numHanda,RimpledeepKa aurBatth(Girl ls)along withCaptainMsVishikaRa w aniChhetri Thisyearthe eventhadbe eenorganizedbyoneofthe eyoungest T ICs, the Inter rnational Ten nnis Club (IC) of Singapor The IC ) re. ngequalificat tionrequirest thattheteams swillhave JuniorsChallen boysandgirlsaged16. b InOctob ber2007,the ICAsianJuni iorChallenge eventwasfirstheldinNew wDelhi,hoste edbytheICo ofIndia,in partnersh hipwithAITA A,heldattheR RKKhannaTe ennisStadium m.ICIndiateam mwonthe4n nationevent.T TheWorld Finalsev ventwasheldi inNewZealan nd,inJanuary2008. artnershipwit thAITA,againhostedtheIC CAsianJuniorChallengeeve entinNewDe elhi,atthe In2009,ICIndiainpa mkhanaClub.ICIndiateam mwonthe3Na ationeventfor rthesecondconsecutiveye ear. DelhiGym "TheICW Worldwide,1 16&Under,Ju uniorChalleng ge.Finals,201 10werehostedbyICofIn ndiainpartne ershipand withsupp portofAITA,inNewDelhi fromDecemb ber13to17,2 2010attheRK KKhannaTen nnisStadium.T Thisevent waswon nbytheICGreatBritainteam.Otherpar rticipatingtea amsthatwere eZonalFinali istsfromtheir rRegional Groupinc cludedGerma any,Usa,NewZealand,India a'A'&India'B B'. nerswillgoto oAdelaidefor rtheWorldF Finalsin2012 2. Thewinn
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 Wheelchairtenniscontinuestogofromstrengthtostrengthin2011.Topromotethegame,DLTAhostedtheFirst International Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in India. Also we will be organizing the World Team Cup QualificationsinIndiainFebruary2012. ITFFUTURESWHEELCHAIRTENNISTOURNAMENTDELHI ThefirstinternationaltenniseventhostedbyAITAwasheldattheRKKhannatennisstadiumfrom2224September 2011fortheprizemoneyof$2000.Thesingledrawsawaroundof16whilethedoubleswasforroundof8.Mr. RajatKapoorwastheITFrepresentativefortheevent. SirLankanplayerscapturedboththesinglesanddoublestitles. DGaminifromSriLankawonthesinglestitlebybeatingURajakaruna alsofromSriLanka6463whileinthedoublestheypairedtogetherto beattheIndianpairMDurai/BSubramanian6463. ColRanbirChauhan[Retd]ExecutiveDirector,Developmentgave away the trophies to the winners. The event was conducted in a very professionalmanner. ITFWHEELCHAIRTENNISSRILANKA Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA)hosted for the 4th time the international ranking ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tours Futureseriesevent.ThethreeeventswereheldinColomboandNegombofrom2123March2011,2527March 2011and2931March2011respectively.Theresultsareasbelow: 2123March2011washeldonthecourtsofNegomboTennisClub MenSinglesGamini,D(SRI)defeatedRajakaruna,U(SRI)612663 MenDoublesBorhan,A(MAS)/Kee,K(MAS)defeatedMaripa,E(RSA)/Marsh,M(RSA)2667(1) WomenDoublesDharmaratne,K(SRI)/Dharmasena,D(SRI)defeatedNadeeka,W(SRI)/Wijesiri,W(SRI)266475 2527March2011washeldonthecourtsofSirMarcusFernandoMathawaColomobo MenSinglesMATHONSI,S(RSA)defeatedRAJAKARUNA,U(SRI)6267(5)61 MenDoublesMARIPA,E(RSA)/MATHONSI,S(RSA)defeatedGAMINI,D(SRI)/RAJAKARUNA,U(SRI)166264 WomenSingles SHYNGARYOVA,O(UKR)defeatedAMARATUNGE,A(SRI)6061 SHYNGARYOVA,O(UKR)defeatedALAHAKOON,U(SRI)6060 AMARATUNGE,A(SRI)defeatedALAHAKOON,U(SRI)6162 2931March2011washeldonthecourtsofSinhaleseSportsClub MenSinglesMATHONSI,S(RSA)defeatedRAJAKARUNA,U(SRI)6420Retired MenDoublesGAMINI,D(SRI)/RAJAKARUNA,U(SRI)defeatedMARSH,M(RSA)/MATHONSI,S(RSA)7562

ITFSENIORSTOURNAMENT

The mission of senior tennis is to increase tge playing opportunities and social interaction for tennis playersofallstandards.Seniorstennisisdividedintofiveyearagegroupsstartingat35years.
TheGrade5eventfortheagegroups35+,45+and55+washeldonthecourtsofJorhatTennisClubfrom0712 November2011.Allthecategoriessawadrawof32.Theresultsareasbelow: 35category,17playersparticipatedwithTopChandraBhushanbeattheNo8seedSudhakarReddyDandala61,61. In45agecategory,TopChandraBhushanagaincapturedthetitlebybeatingSharadTak(6seed)60,57,62. 18playerswereinthedraw. The55agecategoryhadparticipationof17playerswiththetitlebaggedby6thseedMurthatySuresh.Hebeat5th seedC.R.Gangadharan63,60.

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AITANATIONALSVETERANSCHAMPIONSHIPCHENNAI TheNationalseventwashostedbytheTamilNaduTennisAssociationfrom31Januaryto5February2011for45+, 50+,55+,60+,&65+categories.Playersfrom7statesAP,DLI,KAR,KER,MAH,TN&UPparticipated.Thesingles sawadrawof32while16inthedoublesevent. Participationofveteransineachcategory20players,11players,18players,17playersand20playersrespectively. ITFSENIORSTOURNAMENTDELHI DelhiLawnTennisAssociation(DLTA)hostedtheITFVeterans[Grade4]eventattheRKKhannaTennisStadiumfrom 2126November2011forthe45+,55+and65categories.RajatKapoorwastheITFSupervisor/Refereefortheevent. Theresultsareasbelow: 45+agegroupChandraBhushanwonthesinglestitlebybeatingPawanJain63,60. 55+ category singles and doubles winners were A J S Chhatwa [beat Suresh Murthati [6 2, 6 3] and Suresh Murthati/TSGambhirpairbydefeatingNMJanweja/DRRandhawa64,64respectively.

65+categorytitlewasbaggedbyNarenderJanwejabybeatingthetopseedKCSharma60,61.

TOURNAMENTS

AITAhasmaximumnumberofprofessionaleventsinAsia.Wearetakingstepstoprovideexposuretoourplayersto takethemtohigherlevelsofinternationalcompetitionbyorganizinghighprizemoneyeventsandenablingthemto earn ranking points at home. These events provide a smooth and graded transition from lower to higher level of tournaments. SERIES U12 U14 U16 U18 DOMESTICTOURNAMENTS TS 65 99 56 47 Thisyearwehaveconductedaround370domestic SS 5 13 11 NIL tournaments,forjuniorboysandgirls N 1 2 2 2 NS NIL 2 5 NIL CS 14 21 15 14 AITARANKING CATEGORY 30K 50K 1L 1.5L 2.5L 3L 3.5L 4.0L 5L 5.5L 10L MENS 1 11 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 WOMENS 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 ITF CATEGORY 10K 15K 25k MEN 8 4 WOMEN 11 2
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COACHES E EDUCATION PROGRA AMME Coa achingisave eryimportantaspectforth hedevelopme entoftennis in nthecountry. .TheAITAco oachingprog gramhasbee endoingvery ywellforthe pastnumber rofyears.Ou urcoaching pr rogram has been recogni ized by the I ITF at variou Internatio us onal forums a and our coac ches are in d demand for making presen m ntation and conducting co c oaching prog grams at var rious Internat tional Coachi Workshop We are ing ps. making efforts to further strengthen o m s our Coaching Departmen so that co g nt oaches are a available in q quality and qu uantitytotra ainplayer.So omeofthepr rogramrund duringtheyea arisasbelow w: AITACOACHE A ESWORKSHO OP,GOA AITA organize a 2 days Biennial VI National coach workshop at A ed B hes p HotelCidadeD H DeGoafrom2 28September r2011.Mr.An nilKhanna,Hon. Secretary Gen S neral of AITA and Preside A ent, Asian Te ennis Federati ion inaugurated the worksho op. 209 coa aches from all over India participatedin p ntheworksho op. Theworkshop T pwasgracedb bytheeminen ntexpertsFr rank Couraud(ITF C F),TedMurra ay,Kawaljeet tSingh,Dr.V Vece Paes (Fitnes P ss), Ryan Fernandes (Nutrition), M. Balachandran B n, Radhika Tulpule, Nandan Bal, a Ramakrishna R an(SportsMe echanics).
During the wo D orkshop AITA honored Ka A awaljeet Singh and Rama R with the DILIP h Rao BOSE Lifetime Achievement Awards fo their cont B or tribution to t the field of Tennis coaching. c DILIP BOSE a D award was co onstituted by AITA during 2002 in the 1st AITA Na y g e ational coachesWorkshopasalifet c timeachievem mentawardfor ranIndianco oach.DilipBos seborn in 1922 was o of the be Tennis pla one est ayers India ha seen who went on to ta up as ake coachinganda c alsoadministr ration.Tillnow w,AkhtarAli,NandanBal,K KrishnaBhupathi,T. Chandrasheka C aranandEnric coPipernohav vebeenrecipientsofthisaw ward. Speaking on th occasion, AnilKhanna Hon. Secreta General o AITA S his a, ary of remarked Ka r awaljeet Singh has been a pillar of the coaches edu h ucation programinIndia.Apartfor p rtheeducatio onprogram,hehasalsopro oduced manyplayersw m whohavegon neontodowe ellforIndiaInt ternationallyt too.He trulydeserves t sthisawardfo orhislongcon ntributiontoIn ndianTennis. Presentingthe P eawardtohim m,BharatOza a,Chairmanof fAITAcoache esCommittee saidKawalje eetSinghhas beenaforce in AITA coach education program. As such for his l hes long contribu ution to this fi ield, we are h happy to present him this award. a The T workshop was much appreciated b all the participants. L p by Lectures on n new technique and ideas of on court es demonstration d nswereveryu usefulandhelpful.
Thefollow wingCoaching gprogramswereorganizedd duringtheyear r. COURSE AITALevelIVw with AITALevelIFi itnessCourse AITALevelIII AITALevelIII AITALevelIII AITALevelIII AITALevelIII DAT TE 1521Oct tober 28May03J June 09 15Jan nuary 02May 09April 27March VENU UE Mum mbai Panch hkula Chen nnai Del lhi Kolk kata Mum mbai

ndrey, ITF Le evel III coach Mr. Hemant Ben and Tutor contin to repres nue sent India on sion and is the ITF Coaches Commiss ector Incharge of AIT TA National Dire Coac chesWorksho opConductedbiennially.
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OFFICIATING AITA is following the ITF Certification Program started since 1990. We have a total of 23
Certified Official out of 187 available in Asia. Our officials are in great demand for doing duties at the elite International,ToureventsandGrandSlams.Thisyear2officialsAbhishekMukherjeeandSaikatRoyhavebeen selectedtododutiesattheOlympics2012. ThefollowingIndianofficialwereselectedtododutiesinthe2011GrandSlamandotherinternationalevents AUSTRALIANOPEN WIMBLEDONMainDraw 1. AbhishekMukherjee 1. NitinKannamwar 2. LeenaNageshkar 2. AbhishekMukherjee 3. ShreeramGokhale USOPEN 4. SagarKashyap 1. AbhishekMukherjee 5. SaikatRoy WIMBLEDONQualifying OLYMPICS2012 1. LeenaNageshkar 1. AbhishekMukherjee 2. SaibalBannerjee 2. SaikatRoy 3. SomnathManna 4. KaushikDas

AcomparisonstatementoftheofficialsinAsiaisgivenbelow.
ITFCertifiedOfficialsinAsia
CHN1 (Gold) KOR1 (Silver) HKG1 (Silver) QAT1 (Silver) CHN 27 IRI 9 JOR 4 SIN 1 JPN 26 KOR 10 LIB 5 PHI 1 IND 23 QAT 7 TPE 6 SYR 1 HKG 14 UZB 8 MAS 4 UAE 1 INA 14 KSA 6 PAK 3 BAN 1 THA 11 SRI 4 KUW 1 =187

IND3 (2G+1S) TPE1 (Silver) Total13

IRI1 (Silver)

JPN2 (Silver)

UAE1(Silver) UZB1(Silver)

INTERNATIONALCHAIR UMPIRES
CHN2 1S+1G QAT 1G IND 1S UAE 1S

INTERNATIONALREFEREES Gold/SilverBadgeReferees
IRI4 2B+1S1G KOR 1B JPN 2B KUW 1B

IND 3B LIB 1B

CHN2 1B+1S QAT 1B

HKG 1B UZB2 1B+1S Total18

JPN 1S Total6

INTERNATIONALCHIEFOFUMPIRES

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