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Satellite circuit in Dhaka Nov 2-8
Satellite circuit tennla comes to Bangladesh next month.
The first leg of the I n aug u r al
Bangladesh Pakistan satellite tennis circuit begins in the city November 2 and runs until Nov 8 at the Ramna Tennis Complex.
The second leg of the Bangladesh tour commences in RaJshahi on Nov IQ and runs until Nov 16. The third round is slated for Nov 18-23 at Lahore and the last and master round is scheduled for Karachi Nov 24-30.
The International Tennis Federation (fTF) sanctioned meet, titled the Gold Leaf ITF Bangladesh-Pakistan Men's Satellite Circuit Tournament, Jointly organised by the Bangladesh and Pakistani federations, will bring together 20 seeded professional players from seven countries.
These 20 seeds will play In the main draw, along with four players — two each from Bangladesh and Pakistan — who will get wild cards for the .different legs. The remaining fright slots in the 32-man main •'draw will be filled up from the qualifying round. The main draw competition begins from Nov4
Fifty-two players—18 from Bangladesh, six from Pakistan and the remainig 28 from nine other Countries — will be taking part in the qualifying round matches in Dhaka Nov 2 and 3.
Competition will be held in the men's singles and doubles.
In the main draw, every men's singles player and the
quarter-finalists of the men's doubles will be eligible for prize-money while all the participants will eatn ranking points on the basis of their performances.
The men's singles champion will receive a purse of 812.50 US dollars and the' runner-up 562.50 dollars. The sc ini finalists will each receive 300 dollars and the quarter-finalists 181.25 dollars.
The doubles champions will share 393.75 dollars and the runners-up 265.25 dollars
while the semifinallsts and quarter-finalists will collect 162.52 and 112.50 dollars respectively.
The ITF will provide from Its Grand Slam Development
Fund a total prize-money of 25.000 dollars — 86.250 for each of the four legs of the main draw competitions.
The 20 seeded players who will compete in Dhaka include eight from the United States, five from Italy, two each from Germany and Japan, and one each from Ireland, Switzerland and the Netherlands. All have come through the qualifying phase.
Peter Malik, a well-known international referee from India and chair-umpire Laurens de Wals of the Netherlands are scheduled to arrive here Nov 1 to. conduct the two-leg Bangladesh part of the circuit.
Leif Dahlgren, development administrator of the ITF, will also come to assess Bangladesh's capacity to host professional tournaments.
These and other details were outlined at a press conference tn the city yesterday by Bangladesh Tennis Federation President Khandaker Asaduz-zaman. Tournament Director Atiqur Rahman also addressed the newsmen. Mr Habib Sattar, Marketing Manager and Jahangir Kabir of Bangladesh Tobacco Company, who will bear all expenses for the Dhaka leg of the meet, also attended.