All India Junior tennis tourney starts tomorrow

Friday, March 10, 2006, 21:06 [IST]

Vijayawada, Mar 10 (UNI) The Seven-day All India Junior (Under-14) tennis tournament for boys and girls will be held at Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium from tomorrow.

Addressing a press conference here this evening, tournament chief referee A R Rao said the qualifying matches would be held tomorrow and day-after-tomorrow, followed by main matches.

About 120 players including boys and girls were participating in the tournament.

Teams from 12 States across the country would take part in the Rs 75,000 prize-money tournament, Mr Rao added.

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