KUCHING: The highly anticipated Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) Asian
U-14 tournament will be back again for the eight consecutive year at the
courts of the Sarawak Lawn Tennis Association (SLTA) here from
September 5-9.
SLTA president Dato Patrick Liew said he expected
Asia’s top under-14 players from around 15 countries to come to Kuching
for the competition.
He also confirmed last year’s winners from Uzbekistan and Hong Kong will be returning to defend their titles.
“I
am excited about this tournament as this is one the tournaments that we
have been waiting for in our yearly calendar. It is a platform to groom
new and rising talents in tennis,” he added.
“We hosted this
tournament last year and it was a huge success. We are also committed to
give the best again this year (in organising the tournament)” informed
Liew.
For the record, Hong Kong’s Jack Wong Hong Kit was the boys’ champion, beating his nearest rival Kareem Allaf of Syria.
In the girls category, last year’s winner Sarvinozhon Saidhujeva defeated Taiwan’s Chien Pei Ju in the final.- http://www.theborneopost.com/
