January 2, 2017 2:26 PM

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India's premier Tennis tournament Chennai Open begins today

India's premier tennis event, the Chennai Open, begins today. Three Indians are in the main draw of the singles event this year. Saketh Myneni, country's highest ranked single's player, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri are in the fray. While Saketh and Ramkumar were handed wild card entries, Yuki qualified for the singles main draw after registering a straight set win over Argentine Nicolas Kicker yesterday. He is pitted against compatriot Ramkumar in the main draw. 192nd ranked Saketh will be playing against seventh seed Russian Mikhail Youzhny ranked 57th, in the first round.Sixth-placed Croatian Milos Raonic is the top seed after the defending and 3 time champion Stanislas Wawrinka gave the tournament a miss. In the doubles main draw, besides 3rd seeded Leander Paes along with his Brazilian partner Andre Sa, 4 Indian pairs are also competing.

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