AITA plans camp for India's top tennis players in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The All India Tennis Association has decided to invite India's top players for a training camp at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association in New Delhi with an aim to provide a platform for their return to competitive action from next year.

The AITA has laid out a plan for top-20 elite men's and women's players for the camp, which may culminate with a national championship in the singles format among the assembled players in a bio-secure environment.

The 21-day camp will first begin for the men's players from November 30, followed by a women's camp from January 4.

The camp will be held under the supervision of India's Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali, who will handle the project as Director of High Performance Training Camps (HPTC). He will be responsible for formulating a programme for the camp.

Zeeshan will be assisted by a set of coaches and fitness trainers, dieticians and gym trainers, who will be identified soon.

The focus of the project will be on physical conditioning, providing hitting opportunity with best players, diet plan, nutrition, high-intensity tournament and players' performance analysis.

"We want our players to be ready for international tournaments as and when they begin. We are also mulling if the last week of the camp can be turned into a national championship since the Fenesta Championships had to be cancelled this year due to COVID-19 pandemic," AITA secretary general Anil Dhupar said.

"We are still discussing it and a decision will be made by tomorrow," he added.

The AITA will invited both singles and doubles players for the camp but the national championship, if held, will played as a singles event.

The 20 players will be divided into five groups of four. They will compete in round-robin format. Agencies

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