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Sri Lanka hosts Billie Jean King Cup Junior and Junior Davis Cup Asia Oceania Pre Qualifying tournaments

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Sri Lanka Junior Billie Jean King Cup and Junior Davis Cup Teams: (left to right): Oneli Samarawickrama, Arushi Thomas, Ivanka Samarawickrama, Dinara de Silva, Meshal Sinnen (Non Playing Girls' Captain), General Secretary Pradeep Gunasekara, SLTA President Iqbal Bin Issac, Dinith Pathiraja (Non Playing Boys' Captain), Ganuka Fernando, Aahil Kaleel, Lithum Jayabandu and Rehan Gunawardena. (Pic by Kamal Wanniarachchi)

The Billie Jean King Cup Junior and the Junior Davis Cup Asia Oceania Pre Qualifying tournament will commence at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts today.
The two tournaments will run for five days. The opening ceremony, attended by 29 countries and 44 teams, took place yesterday at the Sri Lanka Tennis Headquarters with

Shemal Fernando, Director General of Sports of Sri Lanka, attending as the chief guest.The participating 20 girls’ teams are Bhutan, Brunei, Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Turkmenistan.

In the Junior Davis Cup, 24 boys’ teams are competing. They are Bahrain, Cambodia, Guam, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan, and Yemen.

 

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