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| 07 Jul 2009 - Guillermo Stevens and Nick Imison | |
| Chinese players star in 16 & under touring team |
Members of the ITF/Grand Slam 16 & under touring team enjoyed a successful trip to Europe, winning four titles and reaching a further five finals on the five-week 16 & under circuit.
Team member Rian Tian of China and her Belarus partner Aleksandra Sasnovich dominated the girls doubles events, winning four titles out of five finals contested. The boys pairing of Guan-yu Cao (CHN) and Jeson Patrombon (PHI) also enjoyed doubles success, reaching three finals, while Zarah Razafimahatrata of Madasgascar reached the girls’ singles final in Le Pontet.
Radhika Kaniktar, one of the team coaches from India, said: “This is a great opportunity for the Asian, African and Central American players to see how much more seriously they have to train in order to beat, day in and day out, the tough European and South American players. In general, physically and mentally, our players are a little below the world
top standards in their age group.”
Mexico’s Guillermo Stevens, the other team coach, added: “Playing in Europe is a shock for many of the ITF international team members because they have to deal with a very different world from theirs. But at the end of the tour they return as stronger tennis players, and with a clearer picture in their mind of what they need to focus on to keep on the road that
leads to professional tennis.”
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