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Sunday, Apr 03, 2005

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Rupesh to train in U.S.

KOLKATA, APRIL 2. One of the most promising city lads, Rupesh Roy, earned a tennis scholarship worth $300,000 for three years from the Boston-based Bosse Foundation. The 16-year-old son of a poor farmer will be leaving for the U.S. on April 9.

The opportunity to train and play at the Foundation came Rupesh's way after he ranked 50th. Impressed by his immense talent, the Bosse Foundation Academy director, Steven Host, decided to recruit him. Host thought Rupesh had the potential to become a world-class professional player.

The Foundation will offer Rupesh free accommodation, training, food, equipment and travel, among other things. Rupesh's playing schedule will also be looked after by the academy. In fact, after 12-days of initial training the foundation has lined up a number of ITF Grade meets and Futures in the next four months to enable him to gain valuable points so that he can qualify for the junior U.S. Open.

The Bengal Tennis Association (BTA) secretary, Mr. Hironmoy Chatterjee, said no Indian had got such an opportunity so far. — Our Special Correspondent

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