The third season of the Pro-Tennis League (PTL) is starting from 21st December 2021 at DLTA Complex , RK Khanna Tennis Academy in New Delhi. This is almost 2 years after the successful seasons of 2018 and 2019, PTL is coming back.
The Pro-Tennis League will run from December 21 to December 25. Total 8 teams will be part of this. It is divided into 4 players and a total of 5 categories in the league – Pro-1, Pro-2, Next Generation, Women, and Ex – Pro.
Pro-Tennis League auction where players will be auctioned to play in the league is all set to be held on 11th December at Hyatt Regency Gurgaon where 40 players will be up for auction. The 8 team owners will also be present there.
The first leg of the Pro-Tennis League Road to PTL was held on 4th and 5th December. The winner of the event 21-year-old Shivank Bhatnagar and runners-up Mannan Singh will also be part of the PTL auction. Both the players have exhibited some great skills at Road-to-PTL and are expected to be bought for a good price.
Top players of tennis in India are all set to be put up for auction tomorrow. These include Yuki Bhambri, the former Junior No. 1 and first Indian to win the Junior Australian Open Title, Saketh Myneni, participated in US Open 2016; Active Player on the ATP Tour; ATP Challenger Singles Titles – 2; Futures Singles Titles – 10; ATP Challenger Doubles Title – 8; ITF Futures/15K – 15; Aman Dahiya, winner of 8 ITF Juniors Singles Titles, winner Multiple National Level Tournaments; Arjun Kadhe, highest ATP Singles Ranking -328; ITF Singles Ranking – 92; Highest ATP Doubles Ranking -160; Highest ITF Doubles Ranking – 46; Ramkumar Ramanathan, he recently won the ATP Challenger Singles in Bahrain; Active Player on the ATP Tour; Futures Singles Title – 16; Doubles Challenger titles – 5; Doubles Futures titles – 14; Current India # 1; Nishant Dabas, was the winner ITF Grade 2 Singles in Cairo; Runner Up in 4 ITF Grade 4 Tournaments in 2021; Participation in multiple ITF15K Men’s tournaments; Nitin Sinha, Career High Ranking ITF Seniors Singles Ranking : 139; Career High Ranking ITF Seniors Doubles Ranking : 62; Prerna Bhambi, won Fenesta Open Women’s Singles multiple times; winner ITF Women’s Singles – 5; winner ITF Women’s Doubles – 2; Sai Samhitha, was the semi-finalist at Fenesta Women’s 2021;winner ITF Women’s Doubles – 1 and her current AITA Ranking – 14; Ashish Khanna, winner of ITF Seniors Singles Titles : 9; winner ITF Seniors Doubles Title: 8; Captain Team India at the recently conducted World Championships in Umag.
It would be interesting to see which teams buy these players.