A British International School Phuket (BISP) student, Kunanan (Puthi), was invited to affix the GSPDP/ITF/ATF 14 & Under Team, who travelled for a collection of tournaments in Europe from 30 June. A letter from the Executive Director of the Asian Tennis Federation, Manpreet Kandhari, to the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand acknowledged this invitation.
The Grand Slam Player Development Programme (GSPDP) is financing the project, whereas the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is administering it. In addition, the Asian Tennis Federation (ATS) will pay for the player’s airline tickets to and from the first venue.
Puthi will be part of a team of 6 boys and 6 ladies. In addition to his teammates, he will journey along three coaches for about 5 weeks. He will play four weeks of tournaments, with a camp in Paris, France. The tour will start in the first week of July. It will proceed via France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium till the second week of August. Players had been chosen based mostly on their results at the ITF World Junior Tennis Championships in April or their ATF 14 & beneath rankings.
“I am feeling each nervous and enthusiastic about taking part in on a clay court for the first time, however I am pleased about being chosen to be a half of the GSPDP/ITF/ATF 14&U Team and looking ahead to the summer time tour,” stated Puthi when requested how he felt about the potential for enjoying in Europe.
According to the tour particulars below, gamers must compete in all tournaments in which they’re entered in the course of the tour:
According to the Director of the BISP Tennis Academy, Coach Gill Lemore, this enriching alternative is an honour. Besides confidence, college students who get worldwide experience additionally acquire the chance to compete in opposition to a number of the prime players of their age group.
“Puthi has been coaching hard in preparation for all his matches this 12 months. He has been working on his power and conditioning; starting to use weights and has been working on his approach to get extra paces and compete with older, more highly effective players. He has developed a powerful dedication and positive attitude in the course of attaining his targets and we can see it paying off with this sort of recognition. Playing on Incredibly will be a brand new experience for Puthi, he will discover the method to play on clay using slides, and ways are very different from those used on a hard courtroom and I am keen for him to realize this publicity,” stated Coach Gill Lemore.
BISP is grateful to be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime alternative for junior growth. Furthermore, the school thanks the ATF, ITF, and GSPDP for their steady funding and help of their participant improvement packages for making it possible..