Kid’s day out with the Pros at Aircel Chennai Open

Chennai, 1st January, 2014: Aircel Chennai Open 2014, India’s only and South Asia’s leading ATP World Tour event today conducted a special tennis clinic for children with the professional players. Representing the players was India’s Yuki Bhambri and the fifth seed Vasek Pospisil along with other young Indian players Sanam Singh and N. Sriram Balaji.

The tennis clinic is a distinctive opportunity for aspiring youngsters to hone their skills with personal interactions by professional Indian and international tennis players. The session saw in action over 120 kids from various tennis academies in the city.

As part of the activity, the children worked on warm-up exercises, various drills, techniques and hit balls with the pros.

Present at the event was tennis legend Vijay Amritraj, who even interacted with the parents present and answered their queries on health and fitness and the importance of being motivated and being focused.

The session was conducted by Charu Sharma.