Goa will host India’s first ever World Desk Tennis (WTT) sequence occasion from February 27 to March 5, it was introduced right here on Thursday.
The highest tier WTT Star Contender Goa 2023 will happen on the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor stadium, situated on the Goa College Campus.
Stupa Analytics, a homegrown sports activities analytics agency, would be the event host with energetic help from the Goa authorities.
“Goa is the nation’s largest vacationer vacation spot and I’m overjoyed to welcome WTT to our shores as they announce WTT Contenders Goa 2023 as the primary occasion of the WTT Calendar. We’re pleased that Goa has been chosen because the host for a WTT occasion for the very first time in India,” stated state tourism minister Rohan Khaunte through the press convention.
WTT Collection is the official skilled desk tennis sequence of occasions, with the world’s finest gamers dealing with one another off in numerous class tournaments all year long with the 4 Grand Smashes being the final word prize to win.
The six Star Contender occasions pit 48 women and men within the respective singles primary attracts, with the highest 30 world ranks eligible to play, 4 amongst whom will compulsorily need to be on the earth prime 20.
“The WTT Star Contender in Goa will showcase the brand new model of Desk Tennis to the Indian folks, and we imagine this would be the first of many WTT occasions in India,” stated WTT Managing Director Matt Pound.
“We sit up for working intently with the Goa authorities and Stupa Analytics to make this occasion an enormous success and develop Desk Tennis in India collectively, additionally along with TTFI. The world’s finest Desk Tennis gamers will love coming to Goa and collectively we are going to make historical past,” he added.
Star Contender occasions additionally boast of a 16-team doubles primary draw and an eight-team combined doubles primary draw. Eight qualifiers every in singles and 4 in doubles additionally get to scrap with the most effective whereas host international locations are additionally supplied with ample wild-card entries in each singles and doubles.
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