Justine Henin to visit Delhi for Roland-Garros Junior Wild Card Series

The four-time French Open winner Justine Henin will visit the city for the fifth edition of the 'Roland-Garros Junior Wild Card Series', to be held here from April 29 to May 1.

The legendary tennis star will be on a two-day trip, where she will watch the young Indian players in action on the clay courts and host a tennis clinic with the youngsters.

The competition returns to the country for a fifth consecutive year, the French Tennis Federation (FFT), organisers of the world's premier clay court event Roland-Garros, in association with the All India Tennis Association (AITA) announced on Friday.

The competition, to be held at the clay courts of the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA), will provide a clay court tennis experience to the young talents of India, and promote the same at the grassroots level.

The former World No. 1 women's player Henin, who won the French Open in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, said she was looking forward to the 'Roland-Garros Junior Wild Card Series'.

"It ...