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NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 22:

        Tristar Table Tennis Club is organising the 11th State-ranking tournament today and tomorrow at the Montfort Indoor Stadium, Santhome.

        A Rajath Kamal and J Swarna have been seeded first in the men's and women's sections respectively.

        Around 450 entries have been received for the tournament from 10 categories, according to D V Sundar, secretary, Tamilnadu Table Tennis Association. Former international R Hari and former State paddler Pallavi Hari of Tristar TT Club said that apart from the prize money, a special award would be given to the best player of the tournament in memory of P K Roy, the father of former National champion Niyati Shah.

        Mir Kasim Ali, former International paddler and Arjuna awardee, will be the guest of honour. The key sponsors of the tournament are State Bank of India, Polaris Software Lab, Cognizant Technical Solutions, Indian Overseas Bank and Bank of India.