Kedar, Sheetal get top billing

NEW DELHI, January 31: Kedar Tembe and Sheetal Gautham of India start off as the top seeds in the boys and girls category of the eight-nation ITF junior circuit (under-18) tennis tournament which commences here tomorrow. The five-day tournament will see players from India, Canada, Britain, Kazakhstan, Poland, Pakistan, Sweden and Thailand in action.

Kedar will meet Vinod Sewa (Ind) in the first round while Sheethal will clash with Wasim Nida of Pakistan. The singles main draw will see 32 players in action. Vakshay Rao, Karan Doctor and Dipesh Rao (all India) have been seeded second, third and fourth, respectively, in the boys section.