A British International School Phuket (BISP) pupil, Kunanan (Puthi), was invited to affix the GSPDP/ITF/ATF 14 & Under Team, who travelled for a sequence 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 stated 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) can pay for the player’s airline tickets to and from the first venue.
Puthi might be part of a group of 6 boys and 6 women. In addition to his teammates, he’ll journey alongside three coaches for roughly 5 weeks. Economical will play 4 weeks of tournaments, with a camp in Paris, France. The tour will begin in the first week of July. It will continue through France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium until the second week of August. Players have been chosen based on their outcomes at the ITF World Junior Tennis Championships in April or their ATF 14 & underneath rankings.
“I am feeling each nervous and excited about enjoying on a clay courtroom for the primary time, but I am joyful about being chosen to be part of the GSPDP/ITF/ATF 14&U Team and searching forward to the summer season tour,” mentioned Puthi when asked how he felt about the potential for taking half in in Europe.
According to the tour details beneath, players must compete in all tournaments during which they’re entered during 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 international expertise additionally acquire the chance to compete towards some of the prime players of their age group.
“Puthi has been coaching exhausting in preparation for all his matches this year. He has been engaged on his strength and conditioning; beginning to use weights and has been working on his approach to get more paces and compete with older, extra highly effective gamers. He has developed a strong dedication and constructive angle in the path of reaching his objectives and we can see it paying off with this sort of recognition. Playing on clay might be a new expertise for Puthi, he will discover tips on how to play on clay using slides, and ways are very completely different from these used on a hard court docket and I am eager for him to realize this publicity,” mentioned Coach Gill Lemore.
BISP is grateful to be a half of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for junior improvement. Furthermore, the school thanks the ATF, ITF, and GSPDP for his or her continuous funding and support of their participant development applications for making it potential.