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Date: 11 Jul 2007 |  Photographer: None / Not Applicable
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| ITF 14 & Under Teams kick-off tour in Paris |
On Friday, forty-two players from 24 countries began a five-week European tour as part of four ITF 14 & Under Touring Teams. The teams, who are accompanied by a total of 9 coaches, were selected based on their performance at regional qualifying competitions throughout the year, and are as follows:
ITF / Tennis Europe East European Team
ITF / COSAT South American Team
ITF / ATF Asian/Chinese Team
ITF / CAT African & Central America / Caribbean Team
The tour consists of five weeks of category 1 and 2 European tournaments as listed below:
| DATES | TOURNAMENT | 9 - 14 July
16 - 21 July
23 - 28 July
30 July – 4 August
6 - 11 August
| BNP Paribas Cup, Paris, France (www.stade-francais-tennis.com)
Windmill Cup Carl Gantois, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (www.windmillcup.com)
Le 13/14 des Hauts-de-Seine, Rueil-Malmaison, France (www.ligue.fft.fr/hds)
30 Rheinenergie Cup, Cologne, Germany (www.rheinenergie-tennis-cup.de)
Lapperre Young Champions Cup, Hasselt, Belgium (www.excelsiortc.be/ycc)
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Prior to the tour, a three-day training camp is organised in Paris, allowing the ITF players and coaches to get to know each other and practice on clay prior to the first tournament.
Hrvoje Zmajic, ITF/Tennis Europe Development Officer, who attends the training camp, commented, “For over 15 years, promising young players from developing tennis nations get the chance to compete with the best players of the same age from around the world. Besides competition, players also participate in many social activities with their counterparts from other countries and continents and therefore, experience cultural differences which helps to foster a very special, unique atmosphere.”
For a full list of players and coaches taking part in the teams, please refer to the PDF document below. To keep up-to-date with the players’ progress, please refer to each of the individual tournament websites detailed above.
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