All India Tennis Association Talent Series
03/04/2010

The opening ceremony of ALL INDIA TENNIS ASSOCIATION TALENT SERIES for the year 2010 organized by Jain International Residential School - Bangalore was held at the school campus on 05^th Apr 2010.

Mr. Karthi Chidambaram, Vice President, All India Tennis Association graced the occasion as the chief Guest. During his remarks he emphasized the need to have full time sportsman, this he feels will enable INDIA to produce world champions. During his visit to the campus he was delighted to see the Sports Infrastructure available to our students. He remarked that he would encourage various sports disciplines to conduct their national camps at these grounds.

Dr. R Chenraj Jain, Chairman – The JGI Group seconded Mr. Chidambaram’s views and promised the pupils of the school of a minimum of 3 & ½ hours of sports every day from the next academic year.

Also present was the tournament director Mr. Enrico Piperno, who spoke at length on thee development of young talents.

The qualifying matches were completed over the weekend and the main draw matches began as soon as the opening ceremony was completed. The tournament will be conducted for boys and girls under 12 & 14 categories respectively. Approximately 300 students participating in this prestigious tournament are ranked from all over India.

Results:

Girls U-14 Singles Final

Miss Nupur Umashankar (KAR) Beat Miss Shweta Samuel (KAR) 6/3, 6/2

Girls U-12 Singles Final

Miss P.Srivani Rao (AP) Beat Miss Prerana Kalwar (KAR) by 6-1, 6-3

Boys U-14 Singles Final

Master Kishen S (Kar) Beat Master Andrew K .Jose (KAR) 6/2, 6/0

Boys U-12 Singles Final

Master Apuroop Reddy (AP) Beat Master Hemanth (KAR) by 6-4, 6-3

Boys U-14 Doubles Final

Master Chirantan Ks Master Kevin George &
Master Nischal Nadamani Beat Master Sai Krishna 6/2, 5/7, 6/3

Girls U-14 Doubles Final

Miss Shivani Manjanna (KAR) P Sivanuja ( AP) &
Miss Gopika Madhu (KAR) Beat Tanmayee Patnaik (ORISA) 6/3, 3/6, 7-5

Chief Guest for Closing Ceremony was Wg Cdr Ganesh Sharma CEO – JIRS. All the winners and runners up were awarded with trophies and certificates.

Media Coverage

April 22, 2010 Samyukta Karnataka April 12, 2010 Deccan Chronicle April 10, 2010 Deccan Chronicle Deccan Herald DNA EE Nadu The Hindu The New Indian Express The Times of India April 09, 2010 Deccan Chronicle Deccan Herald DNA EE Nadu The Times of India April 08, 2010 Deccan Chronicle Deccan Herald DNA The Hindu The New Indian Express The Times of India April 07, 2010 Deccan Cronicle Deccan Herald DNA The Hindu The Times of India April 06, 2010 Deccan Cronicle Deccan Herald DNA The Hindu The New Indian Express The Times of India April 04, 2010 The New Indian Express March 30, 2010 The Hindu March 29, 2010 Deccan Cronicle The New Indian Express March 28, 2010 DNA Deccan Herald