The organisers of the Aircel Chennai Open 2013 announced that India’s Vishnu Vardhan, Sanam Singh, N Sriram Balaji, and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan have been granted wild card entries into the doubles draw of the tournament to be held here from Dec 31, 2012 to Jan 6, 2013. Vishnu Vardhan, who will pair up with Sanam Singh, has played singles as well as doubles matches for India against New Zealand in the Davis Cup. He has also played in the London Olympics with Paes and paired up with Sania Mirza for the mixed doubles.
Sanam Singh, 24, is a Davis Cup player and gold medallist in the Asian Games of 2012. The Tamil Nadu duo of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan receive support from TNTA and have improved their rankings substantially in 2012.