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HCM City hosts Asia U14 tennis champs
  • | VOV | March 18, 2014 03:02 PM
As many as 78 athletes from 16 countries and territories around the globe are competing at the Asia U14 Tennis Championships 2014, which got underway in HCM City on March 17.

Competitors came from strong tennis training venues of China, Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and the Republic of Korea.

Young tennis player Minh Tri

This is the second consecutive year Vietnam has hosted the ten-day International Tennis Federation (ITF) competition.

Players are competing in singles and doubles events for both men and women on a round robin basis.

The event provides Vietnamese players an opportunity to hone their professional skills and draw experience from strong foreign rivals in preparation for regional and international events.

As scheduled, Vietnam’s male and female tennis teams will take part in the Asia-Pacific junior tennis tournament in India next month.

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