DLTA set to have two clay courts

DLTA, which only has hard courts since 2010, is now set to have two clay courts also as the state tennis body is preparing to host the second edition of the Rendezvous -- a programme run by AITA and French Open organisers for the promotion of clay-court tennis in India.
"The artificial clay courts are being laid out by an Italian company, Claytech and the installation is being supervised by an international official from Germany," DLTA Director Manpreet Kandhari said.
"We have done it for hosting Rendezvous matches and we also plan to organise a clay court tournament on the newly-laid courts in future," she said.

DLTA has 14 hard courts, including a centre court, and two existing courts are being converted into clay courts. When DLTA was renovated for the Commonwealth Games in 2010, the two grass courts were removed from the facility.
The Rendezvous competition will be held from February 8 to February 12, where country's best Under-18 players (boys and girls) will compete for a chance to enter the junior French Open singles main draw.
The winners of the Indian leg will face competitors from Brazil, South Korea and China in the Playoffs in Paris and the eventual champions will get a wild card entry to the Roland Garros.

Last year, Basil Khuma and Sathwika Sama had won the Indian competition but they had lost in the Play-offs in Paris.