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US Open Davis Cup Dubai 2013 Malaysian Open Development Training Camp West Asia 13 & under Championship Mini Tennis in Hong Kong Interview with Ankita Raina Play and Stay in Turkmenistan Asian Rankings 1 6 7 9 10 13 14 16 18

chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year The Opening Ceremony illuminated the night sky over the main center court mesmerizing the audience of the last Grand Slam event of the year.

US OPEN

The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hard court tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles was first contested in1881. Since 1987, the US Open has been

Six men players from Asia played the Main Draw Mens Singles event. These were from India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, and Uzbekistan.

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Denis ISTOMIN, Number 3 in Asia, went on to the 4th round to play against the 3rd seed Andy MURRAY. Displaying some gritty tennis ISTOMIN won the first set in the tie break. MURRAY got his act together there after taking away the match in four, with a score line of 6 7(5) 6 1, 6 4, 6 4. Denis ISTOMIN was the only player from Asia to make it this far in the last Grand Slam of the year. Yen-Hsun LU (TPE) was unable to fight back the 12th seed Tommy HAAS despite displaying some amazing tennis. Yen-Hsun LU lost to Tommy HAAS in the 2nd Round 6 3, 6 4, 7 6 (3).

Yen-Hsun LU

Denis Istomin

Somdev DEVVARMAN (IND) finished his 2013 US Open in the 2nd Round as well losing in three tough sets to Italian, Andreas SEPPI 7 6 (8), 6 4, 7 5.

Mikhail KUKUSHKIN (KAZ) was defeated by the 4th Seed David FERRER in 4 Sets with the score line of 6 4, 6 3, 4 6, 6 4 in the 3rd round of the tournament.

Somdev DEVVARMAN

Mikhail KUKUSHKIN

Japanese players Go SOEDA and the top ranked Asian player Kei NISHIKORI however lost in the first round of the US Open 2013. Go SOEDA was defeated by Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP) in 3 sets 6 4, 6 3, 6 1 while Kei NISHIKORI lost to Daniel EVANS (GBR) 6 4, 6 4, 6 2.

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There was much higher number of Asian women players were in the Main Draw of the US Open 2013 totaling 10. Na LI (CHN) was the only Asian women player who made it to the Semi Finals of the tournament. Seeded No. 5 in the draw, she defeated Russian Ekaterina MAKAROVA 64 67(57) 62 in the Quarters moving on to the Semi Finals to play against the World No. 1 Serena WILLIAMS but went down 6 0, 6 3 to the top seed. Jie ZHENG (CHN) passed through to Round 3 but lost to the 18th seed Carla Suarez NAVARRO (ESP) with the scoreline of 6 2, 6 4.

Jie ZHENG

Kurumi NARA was defeated by Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) in the third round, going down in two tough sets 6 4, 7 6 (5)
Na LI

Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) played against Serena WILLIAMS in Round 3 but was not able to match the superior stroke play and power of Serena WILLIAMS losing out in straight sets to the world number one 3 6, 1 6.

Kurumi Nara

Galina VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ) also fell a little short, losing out to Serena WILLIAMS in the 2nd round with the score of 6 3, 6 0. Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) lost to Camila GIORGI (ITA) in Round 2 6 4, 7 6(8) while her partner in doubles Shuai PENG lost to the 27th seed Russian Svetlana KUZNETSOVA 6 1, 4 6, 6 4.

Yaroslava SHVEDOVA

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Players losing out in the first round were Kimiko Date-KRUMM who defeated by Paula ORMAECHEA 6 3, 7 6(7) while Ying-Ying DUAN lost to the 6th seed Caroline WOZNIACKI 2 6, 5 7. Misaki Doi (JPN) lost to the 7th seed Petra KVITOVA in Round 1 with the score of 6 2, 3 6, 6 1. In Men Doubles, Leander PAES (IND) paired up with Radek STEPANEK won the Grand Slam title defeating Alexander PEYA (AUT) & Bruno SOARES (BRA) straight 6 1, 6 3. of Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray. Yen-Hsun LU (TPE) and Divij SHARAN (IND) were defeated by Aisam-Ul-Haq QURESHI (PAK) and his partner from Netherland Jean-Julien ROJER in Round 3 with the score of 6 7(6-8), 6 3, 3 6. Denis Istomin (UZB) paired up with Ken Skupski (GBR) but they did not make it through to Round 2. They lost to a pair from Czech Republic with the score of 3 6, 3 6. Mahesh BHUPATHI (IND) and German Philipp PETZSCHNER lost in the 1st round to their rivals from Canada with the score of 36 67(4-7). In Women doubles, Sania MIRZA (IND) paired up with Chinese Jie Zheng competed against the 4th seed Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) and Shuai PENG (CHN). Sania MIRZA (IND) and Jie Zheng overcame the Wimbledon Champion HSIEH and PENG 6 4, 7 6(5).

Treat HUEY from Philippines was another Asian success story who reached the Doubles Quarter Finals of the Grand Slam Partnering Dominic INGLOT (GBR).

Sania MIRZA and Jie Zheng were stopped on their way, in the Semi Finals where they lost to the Australian pair 2 6, 2 6. Galina VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ) and Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) played against Nadia PETROVA and Katarina SREBOTNIK losing 6 4, 2 6, 3 6. Indias Rohan BOPANNA and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin were knocked out of the US Open tennis mens doubles by the British pair Saisai ZHENG (CHN) paired up with American Varvara LEPCHENKO and were defeated by Cara BLACK (ZIM) and Marina ERAKOVIC (NZL) in Round 2, 1 6, 6 7(5).

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Taiwanese Hao-Ching CHAN and Yung-Jan CHAN lost to Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) and Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) 6 3, 2 6 3 6 in the first round. Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) paired up with Chanelle SCHEEPERS (RSA) played against Russian Ekaterina MAKAROVA and Elena VESNINA (RUS). AOYAMA and SCHEEPERS were defeated by the Russians with the score of 4 6, 1 6 in round 1. Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) and Shuai ZHANG (CHN) lost in straight sets to Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) and Anastasia RODIONOVA with the score of 5 7, 3 6 in the first round.

US OPEN 2013 : Final Standings

Kimiko Date-KRUMM (JPN) and Arantxa Parra SANTONJA (ESP) got eliminated in Round 1. They were defeated by Andrea HLAVACKOVA and Lucie HRADECKA from Czech Republic 6 0, 6 3.

Matches Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Dobules Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles Boys' Singles Girls' Singles Boys' Doubles Girls' Doubles Wheelchair Men's Singles Wheelchair Men's Doubles Wheelchair Women's Singles Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Name NADAL, Rafael ESP WILLIAMS, Serena USA PAES, Leander IND / STEPANEK, Radek CZE HLAVACKOVA, Andrea CZE / HRADECKA, Lucie CZE HLAVACKOVA, Andrea CZE / MIRNYI, Max BLR CORIC, Borna CRO KONJUH, Ana CRO MAJCHRZAK, Kamil POL / REDLICKI, Martin USA KREJCIKOVA, Barbora CZE / SINIAKOVA, Katerina CZE HOUDET, Stephane FRA JEREMIASZ, Michael FRA / SCHEFFERS, Maikel NED VAN KOOT, Aniek NED JEREMIASZ, Michael FRA / SCHEFFERS, Maikel NED

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Davis Cup Dubai 2013
The Davis cup Group III 2013 was conducted at Aviation Tennis Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on September 9, 2013.

Vietnam team promoted to Group 2

Left to right : Khaled Baker, Slah Bramly, Adel Aref, Vicki Fecci, Sarah Baker, Nitin Kannamwar

The final standings are the following:

1. Vietnam 2. Hong Kong China 3. Malaysia 4. Cambodia 5. Iran 6. United Arab Emirates 7. Pacific Oceania 8. Oman

Singapore team promoted to Group 3

Vietnam and Hong Kong China were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone group II for 2014. Pacific Oceania and Oman were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV for 2014.

Davis Cup commitment awards to 5 players from the ITF

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Malaysian Open 2013
Malaysian Open is an ATP 250 tournament which was conducted in Kuala Lumpur during 23-29 September 2013. Two Asian players were in the main draw of Malaysian Open 2013. One was DEVVARMAN, Somdev from India and the other was from Korea CHUNG, Hyeon. CHUNG, Hyeon from Korea received a wild card to come to the main draw and played against ATP Rank 59th DELBONIS, Federico from Argentina.

CHUNG, Hyeon

Vasek Pospisil, Ian Barrow -General Manager of DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur, Nicolas Almagro, Ceasar Teh of HOPE Worldwide Malaysia, Ryan Harrison and the kids from HOPE Worldwide Malaysia

It was an unfortunate for CHUNG, Hyeon because he was defeated by DELBONIS, Federico with the score of 46 26 in the first round main draw.

ZAINAL, Ashaari DEVVARMAN, Somdev

DEVVARMAN, Somdev played against VIOLA, Matteo from Italy in the first round. Somdev lost to VIOLA, Matteo in the first round main draw with the score of 36 36.

In main draw doubles first round, HUEY, Treat from Philippines paired up with INGLOT, Dominic from Great Britain. They played against Brazilian MELO, Marcelo and SA, Andre. HUEY, Treat and INGLOT, Dominic defeated their opponents and were able to move on to the 2nd round. HUEY,

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Treat and INGLOT, Dominic were upset by RAM, Rajeev (USA) and TECAU, Horia (ROU) with the score of 64 64. the score of 36 64 10-7. They moved on to the quarterfinal to play against CUEVAS, Pablo and ZEBALLOS, Horacio. DEVVARMAN, Somdev and DE VOEST, Rik won their first set against CUEVAS, Pablo and ZEBALLOS, Horacio but in the 2nd set CUEVAS, Pablo and ZEBALLOS, Horacio were back in their game and were able to claim the winners title in doubles with the score of 06 62 10-7. BHAMBRI, Yuki (IND) and SYED NAGUIB, Syed Mohd Agil (MAS) lost to the 2nd seed BENNETEAU, Julien (FRA) and AIMONJIC, Nenad (SRB) with the score of 26 26 in the first round doubles.
HUEY, Treat

MERZUKI, Mohd Assri from Malaysia and CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo (ESP) lost to CUEVAS, Pablo (URU) and ZEBALLOS, Horacio (ARG) with the score of 64 76(6).

Mohd Assri and CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo

BHAMBRI, Yuki and SYED NAGUIB, Syed Mohd Agil

DEVVARMAN, Somdev (IND) and DE VOEST, Rik (RSA) played against ANDUJAR, Pablo (ESP) and HANESCU, Victor (ROU) in the first round main draw. DEVVARMAN, Somdev and DE VOEST, Rik were able to beat ANDUJAR, Pablo and HANESCU, Victor with the score of 63 62. DEVVARMAN, Somdev and DE VOEST, Rik upset the 2nd seed BENNETEAU, Julien and AIMONJIC, Nenad with

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Malaysian Open : Final Outstanding Title Name Nation Singles Winner SOUSA, Joao POR Singles Runner-up BENNETEAU, Julien FRA Doubles Winner BUTORAC, Eric USA RSA KLAASEN, Raven URU Doubles Runner-up CUEVAS, Pablo ZEBALLOS, Horacio ARG

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The 4 ITF and ATF Development Training Camp
The camp was conducted at the LTAT center during the Week of 8th September 2013. The duration of the camp was 14 days as earlier. This camp consisted of players from 6 countries; Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Vietnam. A total of 22 junior players and 5 Coaches from these nations were a part of the training camp.
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combine their strokes, fitness, speed, mental agility and physical power to build up strategies which would lead to everything firing together, to eventually win matches. It was a first for the Development Camps to be having this kind of a session, which was very well received by players and accompanying coaches alike.

The players learnt not only about on court techniques, but also about what it takes mentally to be fit and last the entire match. Towards this they were mentally trained by camp coach C J Colburn in match preparation and player psychology.

The training was mixed up for specific type of match plays, teaching techniques on how to switch from synthetic to clay court. The players were taught how to adjust their games while going in for tournaments played on clay, while they practice on synthetic all the time.

The psychology lessons taught the players to

The ATC staff hopes that all the players took back some important lessons from the camp and would keep on working on their techniques and strategies learnt during their stay in ATC.

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West Asia 13 & under Development Championship
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- Hexagon test (agility) - General flexibility test

ITF, in conjunction with the ATF, organized the day training camp, preceding the ITF West Asia 13 & Under 13&Under Development Championships, on Sep 17th at Automobile & Touring Club, Jounieh, Lebanon. Training Camp was officially opened by Amir Borghei (ITF representative), Samir Saliba and Ernest Fleihan (president and general secretary of the Lebanese Tennis Fed). During the morning session, players (boys & girls) form Syria, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen played round robins in 4 groups with the first and second winners of each group promoting to another round robin to decide on seeds. In the afternoon session, players completed a battery of Physical Conditioning Evaluation Tests on two courts. The goal of the session was to evaluate the participating players of West Asia on their level of fitness using 9 tennis specific field tests as follow: - Vertical jump (both legs) - Vertical jump (right leg) - Vertical jump (left leg) - 20 meter sprint test - Movement to the forehand side - Movement to the backhand side - Backwards movement

The afternoon session was finalized by a 15min briefing on the nutrition issues for junior players in a tennis tournament and coaches and players received the guide "What a Junior Player Needs to Know on Nutrition".

Training camp was followed by an early evening meeting with coaches where Tanios Canaan, tournament referee, made the singles draws for boys and girls sections to start the 1st week of tournament from Sep 18th. First Day Overview: Boys Singles: 18 players from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan Iran, Iraq,

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1st seed Hazem Naw (SYR) lost to Bilal Al Huraibi (YEM) with the Yemeni player showing us to expect more of him in next days 4th seed Parsa Yazdkhasti (IRI) bet Roy Tabet (LEB) with a dominating start 2nd seed 12 year old Kevin Chahoud (LEB) bet Karam Hatamleh (JOR) with a dominating result. He has a great sprit for tennis!

Girls Singles: 12 players from Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan 1st and 2nd seeds Dana Mohammad (JOR) and Saba Najafi (IRI) had BYE Nassif, Sarah (LEB), Afshin, Lachin (IRI), Batour, Ghada (LEB), Abou Abdo, Gaelle (LEB) bet their opponents to promote to 2nd round Boys Doubles: Kevin Chahoud (LEB) - Karim Slaiby (LEB) bet San Gafur (IRQ) - Husam Shafeeq (IRQ) in straight sets playing a fluent game to promote to 2nd round The match between Toma Haddad (LEB) Roy Tabet (LEB) and Parsa Yazd Khasti (IRI) - Mohammad Jalalian (IRI) was the close tie of the day with the Iranian team winning the super tie-break 10-7

Girls Doubles: The match between Ghada Batour (LEB) Yasmine Ghawi (LEB) and Lachin Afshin (IRI) - Helia Ghofrani (IRI) was the close tie of the day and the last match in the afternoon with the Iranian team winning the supper tie-break 10-2.

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Results -Thursday the 19th Of September Saba Najafidehaghi (IRAN) beat Gaelle Bou Abdo (LEBANON) 60 60 in Quarter Final Singles. Bilal Al Huraibi (YEMEN) beat Mohamad Al yamani (JORDAN) 75 64 in Quarter Final Singles. Aziz Ahmad (YEMEN) beat Fahmi EL Wared (YEMEN) 61 64 in Quarter Final Singles. Lashin Afshin (IRAN) beat Afraa Haidarah (YEMEN) 61 75 in Quarter Final Singles. Thomas Haddad (LEBANON) lost to Parsa Yazd Khasti (IRAN) 63 75 in Quarter Final Singles. Aya Khalaf (SYRIA) lost to Helia Ghofrani (IRAN) 40 41.

Mohamad Jalian (IRAN) lost to Hazem Naw (SYRIA) 40 40. Sara Nassif (LEBANON) beat Dana Mohamad (JORDAN) 62 61 in Quarter Final Singles. Yasmine Ghawi (LEBANON) beat Ghada Batour (LEBANON) 60 46 60 in Quarter Final Singles. Raoul Yazbeck (LEBANON) Hatamleh (JORDAN) 41 41. Jalal Sadek (LEBANON) (LEBANON) 42 14 107. lost to Roy Karam Tabet

We hope all of you enjoyed playing the Development championship under ITF Development Fund.

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San Gafur (IRAQ) beat Karim Slaiby (LEBANON) 41 41. Kevin Chahoud (LEBANON) beat Rabih Sleem (SYRIA) 62 61 in Quarter Final Singles.

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Mini Tennis in Hong Kong
Mini Tennis is a very important part of the HKTA Junior Development Programmed as it serves to provide an ideal vehicle for the development of foundation tennis skills in young children. Through Mini Tennis, the sport itself is introduced to Hong Kong juniors from age five onwards. Other talented juniors around the ages of 8 or 9 with good potential may also join other programs such as the Hong Kong Stars of the Future, Tennis-For-All Training Scheme and Easy Sports Programmed. - Mini Tennis equipment is inexpensive The more success a beginner has attempting to hit the ball back over the net, the more fun it will be. A reasonable technique will improve the beginner's success rate and thus make the children's time on the court all the more an enjoyable experience. Using the Mini Tennis concept, most beginners can actually start to have successful rallies and actually begin to relish the amazing experience of playing tennis! With the introduction of the tennis 10s by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), starting from 2013, all trainings in this program will be using Red Tennis Ball. (The original Mini Tennis Ball (Foam Ball) will only be used as supplementary purpose)

Depending on their results and progress, juniors will have the opportunity to gain promotion to various HKTA Junior Squads. The overall Mini Tennis Programmed, which includes Primary School Mini Tennis, Regional Mini Tennis, and Mini Tennis Talent Training, has proven to be an invaluable and enjoyable starting point for children looking to pick up tennis as an extra-curricular activity: - Mini Tennis is easy and fun - Mini Tennis suits young and old - Mini Tennis can be arranged almost everywhere
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Interview with India No. 1 Ankita Raina: David Ferrers coach appreciated my backhand
Challenger in Belgium where she is already in the quarter-finals, the 20-year-old took out time from her busy schedule and spoke to Sportskeeda about her wonderful season. Q. Four singles titles and four finals already this year, Ankita Raina is on fire! Congratulations! How does it feel? Ankita: I would just say that hard work is paying off but I have miles to go. Q. It had been total dominance from you in New Delhi as you didnt even drop a set. Which area of your game would you like to credit for such a thundering performance all week? Ankita: It is my forehand that has helped me to climb the next step. Q. You won a title at the same place back in June. Which one is more special to you and why? Ankita: Both were important for me since I was defending from last years tournaments. Q. Ankita, you have consistently been playing doubles as well. How do you think doubles play is helping to fine-tune your singles game? Indias Ankita Raina is an epitome of sheer perseverance, diligence and dedication and 2013 has been rewarding her for her untiring focus and commitment to tennis. Currently ranked World No. 291, the Indian No. 1 in singles has shown oodles of confidence on the court which has gifted her four singles titles this year along with four other final appearances. Her latest exploit saw her capturing her fourth title of the year at the ITF $10,000 event in New Delhi a little over two weeks back right after becoming the first Indian woman to reach a $25,000 final since Sania Mirza. Currently playing at the $25K Koksijde Ankita: In 2011, I was not performing well in singles and that time, Rushmi (Chakravarthi) asked me for doubles. We won a few doubles tournaments, those wins and her tips gave me a lot of confidence. Q. How do you think the experience of playing through the qualifiers and reaching the final at $25K Karshi has helped to make you a tougher player? Ankita: I reached the finals by beating three top 300 players and that gave me the confidence that even I can reach above 300.

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be really motivating to see fellow Indian players doing so well on the circuit? Ankita: Whenever any Indian does well not only in tennis but in any sport, it gives me immense pleasure and motivation to work harder and also the confidence that I can make it too.

Q. Your impeccable backhand has even got appreciation from ATP World No. 3 David Ferrers coach. Can you recount that memorable day in Valencia? Did you get to interact with Ferrer himself? Ankita: Yess! I remember that day perfectly. I was practising with a Spanish guy that day and we were hitting backhand crosscourts. Next moment I saw Ferrer and his coach entering my court and watching me play. I remember they were walking towards the net but they were still looking at me and then they stopped and watched me play for a while. Later, when Ferrers coach was passing by, he told me that I have a really good backhand, like the top players, and that its not difficult to get there. And this was in August 2011. Q. Whats next on your schedule? Ankita: I am playing a few tournaments in Europe and then would try to get an entry in Tashkent and China WTA.

Q. The same weekend you won at New Delhi, the all-Indian pair of Divij Sharan and Purav Raja made great news in Colombia by winning their first ever doubles ATP Tour title together. It must

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Play and Stay in Turkmenistan
The Tennis Play and Stay Campaign Introduction In 2007 the ITF officially launched a global campaign aimed at increasing tennis participation worldwide. The Tennis Play and Stay campaign aims to promote tennis as easy, fun and healthy, and to ensure all starter players are able to serve, rally and score from their first lesson. Fundamental to the campaign is the use of slower balls by coaches working with starter players, ensuring that their first experience of tennis is a positive one, where players are able play the game.

players as boring, overly technical and not relevant to their needs and abilities competition from many new and exciting sports and leisure activities. Many of these activities are easy to master and have short or no learning curves a feeling that tennis and tennis competition in particular, is not convenient. Formats do not suit starter players who are usually eliminated in early rounds, and formats last too long the lack of promotion of tennis as a healthy, lifelong game which can be enjoyed by players of all ages and abilities a lack of adaptation of the game to suit the needs and modern lifestyles of players

Asgabat Cup ITF JWR opening ceremony, Asgabat, TKM P1

Meeting with Polimeks Builder Tennis Center & Tennis Center

The Campaign
It has been traditionally said that tennis is good at attracting new players to the game, but less effective at retaining them. Reasons for players leaving the game include:

Key Messages
The aim of the Tennis Play and Stay campaign is to address these issues, promoting the game as easy, fun and healthy, through 5 key messages:

Tennis is easy

a feeling that tennis is a difficult game to play for starter players, because courts are too big and balls are too fast and bounce

when coaches use the slower Red, Orange and Green balls

too high traditional teaching methodology which is perceived by many starter

Tennis is fun

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when starter players serve, rally and score from the first lesson

everyone who can serve, rally and score should have a rating

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Tennis competition is fun

formats & scoring systems exist to suit all lifestyles

Tennis is healthy

when players serve, rally and score; research supports this

The campaign has proven very successful with 160+ nations introducing programs using slower balls and smaller courts or adopting Tennis Play and Stay as their national participation program. During the intervening period since 2007, the campaign has also seen the launch of Tennis10s in 2009 and a significant change within the ITF Rules of Tennis. The Rule Change in which the standard Yellow ball was eliminated for 10-andunder competition, was unanimously approved by the ITF AGM in 2010 and came into full effect in January 2012.
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Tennis is a sport for all

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Asian Under 14 Rankings as of 16 September 2013
Boys
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Last Name KALEEM LIM SOMANI RAKPUANGCHON KIM HOSSEN SENO HAN LAM DAWANI PAK SINHA TASHBULATOV KWON HORIE NAGIMETOV SOU SAHIBZADA KALYANPUR ROBERTS First Name Syed Nofil Alberto Jr Parikshit Vorachon Jaewoo Rubel Jan Godfrey Seong Yong Ching Tristan Ali Rodion Nitin Kumar Dostanbek Sion Toru Sundet Ming Chun Alan Md Ali Adil Charels Nation PAK PHI IND THA KOR BAN PHI KOR HKG BRN KAZ IND KAZ KOR JPN KAZ HKG PAK IND THA

Asian Rankings as of 23 September 2013

Men
ATF Rank ATP Rank 1 12 2 47 3 52 4 98 5 100 6 123 7 135 8 147 9 148 10 163 Name Nation Nishikori,Kei JPN Istomin,Denis UZB Lu,Yen-Hsun TPE Devvarman,Somdev IND Kukushkin,Mikhail KAZ Soeda,Go JPN Golubev,Andrey KAZ Sugita,Yuichi JPN Wang,Jimmy TPE Ito,Tatsuma JPN

Women
ATF RANK WTA Rank 1 5 2 37 3 51 60 4 5 62 6 64 74 7 75 8 9 79 85 10 Player Li, Na Peng, Shuai Zheng, Jie Date-Krumm, Kimiko Morita, Ayumi Hsieh, Su-Wei Zhang, Shuai Shvedova, Yaroslava Voskoboeva, Galina Nara, Kurumi Nation CHN CHN CHN JPN JPN TPE CHN KAZ KAZ JPN

Girls
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Last Name NAJAFI DEHAGHI PARK MOR MA YADAV BHAT HATANGADI JONES JITTAKOAT LAXME REN SADEGH VAZIRI ISLAM AFRANA LEE DATE UMAROVA ALNAEMI SULTANA UGARKOVIC JEONG SULEYMENOVA First Name Nation Saba IRI Juhui KOR Himani IND Yexin CHN Mihika IND Tanvi IND Meredith PHI Yinglak THA Sha Shafina BAN Jiaqi CHN Sadaf IRI Prity BAN Ji Youn KOR Mahiro JPN Kamila UZB Mubarka QAT Rabaka BAN Frana CRO Jooyeon KOR Ainura KAZ

Boys
ATF Rank ITF Rank 1 12 2 20 3 25 4 26 5 32 6 36 7 48 8 59 9 65 10 70 Name Nation CHUNG, Hyeon KOR NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN HONG, Seong Chan KOR LEE, Duck Hee KOR KIM, Young Seok KOR NAKAGAWA, Naoki JPN ONISHI, Ken JPN SAITO, Takashi JPN ZHENG, Weiqiang CHN TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL, Wishaya THA

Girls
ATF Rank ITF Rank 1 16 2 28 3 36 4 39 5 43 6 47 7 52 8 56 9 61 10 62 Name Nation HSU, Ching-Wen TPE HIBI, Mayo JPN OKUNO, Ayaka JPN XU, Shilin CHN SUN, Ziyue CHN IP, Katherine HKG YAMAMOTO, Hikari JPN BUAYAM, Kamonwan THA DAIR, Asiya KAZ ADACHI, Mami JPN

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