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AITA, besides organizing national and international level tournaments
in the country, also fields Indian teams in events like Olympic
Games, Asian Games Davis Cup and Fed Cup abroad. SportzPR would
provide AITA the necessary professional support to help realise
the untapped potential of tennis in the country, says a company
release.
According AITA Secretary General Anil Khanna: "We at the AITA are
delighted with this new association with SportzPR. We are confident
that together SportzPR and AITA will work successfully for developing,
promoting and popularizing tennis in the country."
According to CMCG India president of SportzPR and managing director
Samir Kale: "Tennis has tremendous potential in India with Indian
tennis players consistently performing at the highest level of the
game for many years. Starting from Ramanathan Krishnan in the early
fifties to the Amritraj brothers to Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
to the latest sensation Sania Mirza, we have performed phenomenally
at the tennis grand slam events. We have also reached the Davis
Cup final thrice and won the only individual Olympic Medal in the
l996 Atlanta games in tennis."
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