India File

NEW DELHI: Devinder Singh Bhusari Ahmedabad, Vikrant Sane and Isha Lakhani both Mumbai have been invited by the International Tennis Federation to participate in the Europe Circuit from July 1-August 8.

The project is being financed by the Grand Slam Development Fund, an All India TennisAssociation release said here today.

The Indian trio which will be part of the Asian team, will be coached by Paul Dale Thailand and Khaled A Ashkanan Kuwait, the release added.

Three share lead in Vaidya chess

SANGLI: Three players, IM P Konguvel ONGC, TS Ravi IOC and S Satyapragyan Orissa share the lead with 4 points each after the conclusion of the 4th round of the 32nd SK Vaidya Memorial International Rating Chess Tournament. Thirteen players are on in second position with 3.5 points. They are IM DV Prasad IOC, IM V Koshy ONGC, Vishal Sareen, Sriram Jha both LIC, CS Gokhale, IM Tejas Bakre both IA, IM N Sudhakar Babu Indian Bank, SS Ganguly GNCA, K Visweshwaran TN, TK Mitra MP, N Sanjay Central Excise, JK Chowdhry Bih and Vikrant Chole Mah.