National Tennis Championship:<\/b> After missing last year\u2019s edition due to injury, two-time former champion Vaidehee Chaudhari is back at the National Tennis Championship and has her eyes firmly set on reclaiming the trophy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Main draw action at the 31st National Tennis Championship gets underway at DLTA on Monday with Chaudhari leading the women\u2019s field along with Shruthi Ahlawat, Sonal Patil and Akanksha Nitture.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI will focus on one match at a time. I won in 2022 and 2024, but last year I couldn't play because I was injured,\u201d Chaudhari said ahead of her first-round match. \u201cI am happy to be back again here and I will do my best. And obviously, my eyes are on the winning trophy. So definitely, I will do my best.\u201c<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the main draw yet to be released, Chaudhari is keeping the focus on herself for now.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I am working on all the parts of my game,\u201d she added. \u201cRight now, I am just focusing on the one match at a time because I don't know who am I playing against. When the draw will be out, we will see who my first opponent is. For now, I will focus on my game.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Defending champion Manish Sureshkumar will lead the men\u2019s draw, which also includes Nitin Kumar Sinha, Aditya Balsekar and Udit Kamboj.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Boys and Girls under-18 competitions will take place alongside the men\u2019s and women\u2019s events this week. The boys field features Delhi\u2019s Praneel Sharma, Karnataka\u2019s Prakaash Sarran, Gujarat\u2019s Om Patel and Haryana\u2019s Harsh Malik while Tamil Nadu\u2019s Savitha Bhubaneshwaran, Maharashtra\u2019s Parthsarthi Mundhe and Swanika Roy, and Karnataka\u2019s Shreeniti Chowdhury headline the girls\u2019 competition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Defending champion Manish Sureshkumar will lead the men\u2019s draw, which also includes Nitin Kumar Sinha, Aditya Balsekar and Udit Kamboj.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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