Sania, Bhupathi to play in Siliguri

SILIGURI, Nov. 4. – Sania Mirza, Sikha Uberoi, Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi will take part in the Videocon one-day invitational tennis meet – the first of its kind in the north-east – at the Siliguri Indoor Stadium on 30 November.
Announcing this at press conference here today, the West Bengal Urban Development Minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya said: “It will be a three-match tournament. Sania and Bopanna will play Uberoi and Bhupathi in a mixed doubles match, while Mirza will take on Uberoi, and Bopanna will face Bhupathi in two singles matches.” Sourav Ganguly will be present at the awards function. The champions will get the Videocon Trophy and Rs 10 lakh. Mr Bhattacharya and Siliguri mayor Prof. Bikash Ghosh, will be part of the organising committee, while tennis legend Jaideep Mukerjea has been appointed the technical director. A synthetic court will be brought from Bangalore for the tournament. Part of the proceeds will go to the national deaf sports fund. One thousand tickets will be sold only Rs 25 for students. The rest will be sold at Rs 50 each. Tickets will be available at the Kanchenjungha Stadium from a week before the tournament.