News Forum - BISP student, Puthi, invited to Europe as part of GSPDP/ITF/ATF 14&U tennis team

[Thaiger]

Sponsored A British International School Phuket (BISP) student, Kunanan (Puthi), was invited to join the GSPDP/ITF/ATF 14 & Under Team, who will be travelling for a series of tournaments in Europe from 30 June. A letter from the Executive Director of the Asian Tennis Federation, Manpreet Kandhari, to the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand stated this invitation. The Grand Slam Player Development Programme (GSPDP) is financing the project, while the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is administering it. In addition, the Asian Tennis Federation (ATS) will pay for the player’s airline tickets to and from the first venue. Puthi will be […]

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[Benroon]

Good to see and something the Thai government could gain enormous PR by encouraging. At my local gym I can watch thai kids barely teenagers smash the tennis ball an inch above the net again and again and again, as hard as me, and I have played at a decent standard, they were so good I asked my trainer how come you never see Thai players at Wimbledon etc because those kids are exceptional.

His answer was because the airfares/expenses to the tournaments etc means there's no chance that will ever happen. So pampered privileged players like your Tim Henmans, etc get all the breaks. From what I've seen that's a real shame.