CHENNAI: Promising Indian youngster Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi and Sahaja Yamalapalli have been given wildcard entry into the Chennai Open International Women’s Tennis Championship to be held here from October 27 to November 2.

The 16-year-old Maaya has been making waves in junior circuit after appearing in junior Grand Slams at Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.

While she was ousted in the first round at Paris, the Coimbatore girl reached the second round in London, a feat she repeated in New York.

She has been training at the prestigious Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain, since February.

Maaya also showed her promise while winning the Grade 2 ITF event in Gladbeck, Germany, in June, beating Switzerland’s Noella Manta 6-2, 6-4.

It was her seventh title in the ju

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