Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros to grace Delhi on April 18-19

A wildcard in the French Open junior at stake, top sixteen boys and girls will compete at Rendez-vous a Roland-Garros Masters at the DLTA Sports Complex here from April 18th to 19th to qualify for the playoffs in Paris, the organisers said on Wednesday.

A qualifying round will be held at Pune and Kolkata next month to select the top 16 boys and girls who will play at the third edition of the Masters in April. The winners of the Indian leg will then go on to face the winners from Brazil, South Korea, China, Japan & the United States in the playoffs in Paris and the eventual champions will get a wild card entry to the French Open Junior.

Three time Roland Garros winner Arantxa Sanchez Vicario will attend the Masters in New Delhi as the brand ambassador for Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros in partnership with Longines.

"I am extremely excited to be part of the Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros. Such initiatives help us grow the talent map for tennis across the world and I am very impressed with the Indian talent I am seeing today in the global circuit," Arantxa said.

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) in association with All India Tennis Association (AITA), on Wednesday, announced the much awaited third Indian edition of Rendez-Vous Roland-Garros.