The ITF Asian 12 & Under Team competition 2017 will see its final venture take place with 12 nations facing off at the National Tennis Centre in Kazakhstan. The tournament is organised and hosted by the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation and is sanctioned by the ITF as well as the ATF.
A total of 12 teams each in the boys’ and girls’ events will battle it out for the ultimate title starting on the 6th with the finals taking place on the 11th of November. Unfortunately the Sri Lankan boys team did not qualify for the final stage after losing out to Qatar, Lebanon, Nepal and Bangladesh in the Regional Qualifying round earlier this year in Satdobado, Latipur.
However, the Sri Lankan girls’ team booked a spot in the top two after defeating Nepal in the semi-finals and earned their entry into the finals.
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The team is led by Coach Upul Priyantha, who carries many years of experience traveling with national teams. The three-man team comprises of Heshani Imanga, Dinethya Dharmaratne and Vishmi Serasinghe. Heshani Imanga and Dinethya Dharmaratne are last year’s Junior Nationals girls under 12 singles champion and runner-up, top and bottom seeds respectively while Vishmi Serasinghe was 5th seed in the tournament.
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India and Sri Lanka are the only teams representing the South Asian region while Japan, Korea and China will be representing East Asia. Iran, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and of course host country Kazakhstan and are the other nations who will be traveling to the Kazakhstan National Tennis Centre.
Stay tuned to ThePapare.com as we bring you latest updates along with photographs and match articles throughout the tournament.
