Tennis
4 Next-Gen players emerge as winners - The success story of 'Road to PTL' events
The build-up event to the upcoming Pro Tennis League, Road To PTL was a big hit among youngsters with four next-gen players emerging as winners.
Maanav Jain and Yashaswini Panwar (Road To PTL winners from Bangalore)
The Pro Tennis League (PTL) will be returning with a fourth season from December 1st to 5th at the R.K Khanna Tennis Stadium.
In the lead-up to the exciting league, the next generation was given an opportunity to show their skills at the Road to PTL events, which would give them a chance to play alongside the likes of foreign superstars Matthew Edben and Indian pros like Ramkumar Ramanathan in the main league.
PTL has organised two Road To PTL events ahead of season 4 in December 2022. The first one was in Bangalore (1st-2nd October) and the other in New Delhi (6th-7th October), where players - both men, aged 25 and under and women, aged 21 and below competed for an automatic place in the Pro Tennis League auctions.
Maanav Jain and Yashaswini Panwar emerged as the winners from the Bangalore leg in the Next Gen Men's U-25 category and Next Gen Women's U-21 category respectively. In the Delhi leg of the Road To PTL, Denim Yadav and Kavya Khirwar won in the Next Gen Men's U-25 category and Next Gen Women's U-21 category respectively.
All four winners will feature in the Pro Tennis League auctions scheduled on 16th October 2022.
Road To PTL Results:
Bangalore: From 1 - 2 October
Next Gen Men's U-25 category winner - Maanav Jain
Next Gen Women's U-21 category winner - Yashaswini Panwar
New Delhi: From 6 - 7 October
Next Gen Men's U-25 category winner - Denim Yadav
Next Gen Women's U-21 category winner - Kavya Khirwar
