Tennis

Adidas-MCC National Junior Championship

The Adidas-MCC National Junior under-18 clay Tennis Championship for boys and girls held at Chennai from 12-17 August 2019 saw the best of young playing talent with 240 entries.

SANMAR-TNTA League Championship Madras Cricket Club, seventh time title winner

Madras Cricket Club ‘A’ lifted the KS Narayanan Rolling Trophy for the 7th time in a row beating Ransa Sports Club ‘A’ by a 2-0 lead in the finals of the ‘A’ zone at the 27th SANMAR-TNTA Chennai City Club Tennis League played at the Madras Cricket Club on 12 April 2019.

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Sanmar has a long-standing association with tennis. N Sankar, Chairman - The Sanmar Group, N Kumar, Vice Chairman and Vijay Sankar, Deputy Chairman, have lent their support to the sport in many ways and have played a key role in ensuring the success of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association in Chennai and such prestigious events as the Chennai Open.

The Sanmar Group was the first sponsor of TATE (Tamil Nadu Academy for Tennis Excellence), the coaching arm of TNTA. With support from Sanmar, young tennis aspirants have the opportunity to train and excel in the sport. Sanmar also sponsors the Sanmar Inter-club League Tournaments in the men’s and veterans’ categories.

"Initiatives like this will surely keep up the spirit amongst the tennis players, who are actively indulging in club activities and it will also develop fellowship. I am sure a lot of youngsters would be taking to the game when this tournament is in place for clubs through nook and corner of the country" - N Sankar

Adidas-TTT Sub Junior Nationals 2013

Vijay Sankar, Deputy Chairman of The Sanmar Group and Vice President of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA), was the chief guest and gave away prizes to the winners of Adidas-TTT (Triangle Tennis Trust) National Sub-Junior Clay Court Tennis Championships 2013 held on 17 August 2013 at YMCA Nandanam.

Winners of the Adidas-TTT Sub-Junior Nationals (from l to r): GS Vasavi - Winner Girls U-14 Singles, Vijay Sankar, Sumit Pal Singh - Winner Boys U-14 Singles, Sai Avanthika/Snehal Mane - Winners Girls U-14 Doubles.