Nagpur District Hard court Tennis Association (NDHTA) is hosting Maha Urja Nagpur Open – ITF $25000 Women’s Tennis Tournament (W35 Nagpur) in the city from March 3-10 at its Ram Nagar court.
Addressing media per- sons at SJAN office on Tuesday, tournament di- rector Dr Sudhir Bhiwapurkar and tournament secretary Vijay Naidu said the Women’s ITF $25000 will be hosted by NDHTA under the auspices of Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association and All India Tennis Association.
The title sponsor for this tournament is Maha Urja. This is the second time NDHTA has bagged this tournament after hav- ing successfully hosted in 2022.
Players will be coming from around the world who are in the top 200 and top 300 rankings of WTA. Amongst Indian players Rutuja Bhosale, Sahaja Ya- malapalli and Srivalli Bhamedipatti will be com- peting for top honors.
President Kumar Kale of NDHTA has said this event is a showpiece for the city of Nagpur, and has put the city on the global tennis circuit. NDHTA team is working hard round the clock to prepare for the tourna- ment.
The qualifying draw will be played on March 3 and 4 whereas the main draw matches will be played between March 4 and 10.