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.
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