All India Tennis Association Secretary General Anil Khanna said it is high time that Asian players get closed circuit.

Insisting that the present tournament structure does not benefit Asians, Khanna on Tuesday said it is high time that the region's players get closed circuit events to compete and climb up in rankings.

Khanna contended that the present structure was favourable to only European players and Asians do not get enough chances to earn points and go up the ranking ladder.

"The game of tennis has to change organisationally. The ATP, WTA and ITF can get together and make the game more exciting. Players must emerge from our region," Khanna, who was speaking at the logo unveiling ceremony of the ATP Aircel Chennai Open, said.

"It is easier for European players to travel and play in a number of tournaments but for the Asian players it is expensive. So they must look at closed Challengers for Asian players. It will help them to get to top-100," he said.

Khanna claimed there are about 350 tournaments for the European players in their region allowing players to just hop into a taxi to travel to the venues, which is unthinkable for an Asian player.

So, while Asian players have to shell out big bucks on travel expenses, Europeans are saved of that, enabling them to earn points as well as money.

Khanna, who is also the President of the Asian Tennis Federation, said AITA needs government help to bring more and more Futures and Challenger events to India.

"I want to have at least 40 men's and 40 women's events in India every year. Then we do not have to think about producing top-100 players from India. That's what Spain has done. They have at least one tournament every week for their players.

"The government can help us by sponsoring the prize money for the tournaments which is not much and we will raise sponsors for the other costs. This public-private partnership is needed and will help players," he said.

However, Khanna is not too confident about convincing the Association of Tennis Professionals and International Tennis Federation, the world governing body of the game.

"There is no reason for them to rethink till they are financially sound. But gradually this thinking will sink in," he said.