24 May,2010 11:13 AM IST | | Agencies
Indian youngsters will test themselves against promising players from the region as the Asian Junior Tennis Championships begin at the DLTA complex here Monday.
The competition is a test event for the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
The top billing in the boys event has gone to Chinese Chuhan Wang, who last week here lost the high-quality ITF boys' final against compatriot Bowen Ouyang, who is seeded second in the 64-player draw.
In the girls section, Chinese Zi Yang, seeded fourth, will be bolstered by her last week's straight-set triumph over Indian Kyra Shroff in the girls' ITF event.
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Shroff, who made a last minute entry in this tournament, has been handed a wild card and she is seeded 10th.
National champion Ankita Raina would like to live up to her potential while Natasha Palha would like to stretch her last week's good form after her quarter-final appearance.
Among India boys, fifth-seeded Ronit Bisht, who lost to Chuhan in the semi-finals last week, would get another chance to prove his mettle.
Sai Nakireddi, who is the highest seeded Indian in the draw at fourth place, is also in good touch.
The last-minute pullouts and lack of entries led to the cancellation of the qualifying rounds. All the players who had lined up for the qualifiers were drafted into the main draw. The top four seeds in both the events have got a bye in the first round.
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