Kid’s day out with the Pros at Aircel Chennai Open

Chennai, 1^st January, 2013: Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India’s only and South Asia’s leading ATP World Tour event today conducted a special tennis clinic for children with the professional players. Representing the players were India’s young tennis professionals - Divij Sharan, Jeevan Neduncheziyan, N. Sriram Balaji, Vignesh Peranamallur, Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash, Ramkumar Ramanathan along with eighth seed Go Soeda of Japan and Michael Kohlmann from Germany.

The tennis clinic is a distinctive opportunity for aspiring youngsters to hone their skills with personal interactions by professional Indian and international tennis players. The session saw over sixty kids from various TNTA academies in action and was conducted by Milos Galecic, Somdev Devvarman’s strength and conditioning coach.

As part of the activity, the children worked on warm-up exercises, various drills, techniques and hit balls with the pros. Milos Galecic even interacted with the parents who were present and helped them with guidance and tips to develop a healthier body for their children.

Present at the event was tennis legend Vijay Amritraj and the session was conducted by Charu Sharma.

ABOUT AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN 2013

The USD 430,000 Aircel Chennai Open, owned by IMG and operated and organized by IMG Reliance, is India and South Asia's only ATP World Tour event. Started in 1996, by IMG, a global leader in sports management and marketing, the tournament has completed sixteen successful years of existence, branding Chennai and India on the global tennis map thus creating a legacy of sorts of promoting international tennis in India. Winner of the prestigious ATP's Player Services Award of Excellence (2006) for its outstanding organization and wonderful hospitality towards the participants and ATP's Best Marketing Award (2008), the event has acquired the status of a much sought-after tennis event for both players and fans alike in the International tennis circuit. The 18th edition of the tournament will be held from December 31, 2012 to January 6, 2013 at the SDAT Tennis stadium in Nungambakkam, Chennai. The tournament is conducted in Chennai under the aegis of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) and is organized with the active collaboration of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) and Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA).