P Challengersin February

BANGALORE, December 18:Paes en Sport will organise three ATP Tour Challenger tennis tournaments, the third leg of which will be held in Bangalore.

The Challenger series which will be held back-to-back will offer a total prize money of 50,000 per leg. Announcing this here on Friday, Indian tennis ace Leander Paes said that the tournament will be held soon after the Australian Open. Players with a ranking above 50 will be seen in action in the six-day tournament.

The first leg will be held at Calcutta from Feb 1 while Lucknow will host the second leg from Feb 8. With the Davis Cup also scheduled for February, Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will play the first leg doubles.