The Queen’s Club Open Ranking Tournament is a tournament that carries the prestigious status of an ‘A’ grade tournament.
The tournament has grown from strength to strength during the past few years and is now considered to be one of the most eagerly awaited and anticipated events as far as the Sri Lankan tennis community are concerned.
This year’s tournament commenced on the 8th of March with the boys under 10, 12 and 16 qualifying rounds and the main draw matches for all the events are scheduled to take place over the course of the next two weeks.
A total number of over 250 participants are set to prove their worth in the following events at the 2014 Queens Open Tournament.
Junior Events
•Boys under 10 singles
•Boys under 12 singles
•Boys under 14 singles
•Boys under 16 singles
•Boys under 18 singles
•Girls under 10 singles
•Girls under 12 singles
•Girls under 14 singles
•Girls under 16 singles
•Girls under 18 singles
•Boys under 10 doubles
•Boys under 12 doubles
•Boys under 14 doubles
•Boys under 16 doubles
•Boys under 18 doubles
•Girls under 10 doubles
•Girls under 12 doubles
•Girls under 14 doubles
Senior Events
•Mens singles
•Mens doubles
•Womens singles
•Womens doubles
•Mixed doubles
•Mens over 40 doubles
•Mens over 50 doubles
This year’s tournament is guaranteed to produce tennis of the finest quality as the Queen’s Club courts will be set ablaze by stars of the sport such as Davis Cup Player Dineshkanthan Thangarajah and former members of the Davis Cup team such as Rohan De Silva and Jayendra Wijesekera. The tournament will also showcase the talent of members of the 2014 Fed Cup team namely Amritha Muttiah, Kemalie Herath and Nethmi Waduge who are all set to battle it out for the women’s singles title.
ThePapare was able to have a quick word with the tournament referee Dinusha Wijesuriya who stated that he feels humbled to be given the opportunity to undertake the responsibility of refereeing such an esteemed tournament. ‘The tournament is guaranteed to be a great success that will most importantly produce good tennis that will hopefully motivate more people to get involved with the sport as it is definitely a sport that is on the rise as far as our country is concerned’ he reiterated.
ThePapare takes this opportunity to wish the participants the best of luck for the tournament and for all you tennis fans out there we suggest that you jot the dates of this tournament down in your diary as this is one tournament not to be missed.
