Paes, Bhupathi to miss ITF Future Circuit

NEW DELHI, December 25: In the absence of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, World No 328 Vadim Kutsenko of Uzbekistan will head the seedings at the $10,000 ITF Men’s Future Circuit tournament that begins at the Delhi Tennis Association Complex on December 29.

India’s Prahlad Srinath, ranked 611, finds a place in the main draw.

Indians Gaurav Natekar (932), Harsh Mankad (1045), Sandeep Kirtane (1281) and Nitin Kirtane (1335) will provide the home flavour in the qualifying draw.

The qualifying draw of 64 will begin on Saturday. The main draw will have 20 direct entries, eight qualifiers and four wild cards. The winner takes home $630, while the runner-up gets $330., semi-finalists $260, and quarter-finalists $180.