Over 40 players will take part in the third edition of the Marina Open AITA ranking wheelchair tennis tournament to be held at the SDAT tennis stadium here from August 7 to 10.
Tamil Nadu Tennis Association President Vijay Amritraj hailed the efforts to promote wheelchair tennis in India.
"It is important that tennis spreads far and wide and included the differently-abled," he told reporters here Friday.
He was confident that the players from India would make a mark at the international level soon.
Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour chairman Sunil Jain said the tournament would benefit the players adding the fact that the participation had increased was a good sign.
The number of entries for the men's event is 34-- 19 from Karnataka, 13 from Tamil Nadu and one from the United Kingdom.
Shankar Veerasway of Karnataka is the top-seed followed by S Balachander (TN).
In the women's event, there are a total of 8 entries (7 from Karnataka and 1 from the host state) with Prathima Rao of Karnataka being the top-seed.
The tournament carries a total prize money of Rs 2.32 lakh.
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