14 and under tennis team for Vietnam
10th December 2017- TAM has announced the juniour tennis team participating in the ITF Asia 14 and under Development Championship- Division 2 which will be held from 7th -20th January 2018 in Ho Chi-minh, Vietnam. The ITF Division 2 is the equivalent of an Asian 14&Under Category 2 event for which points for a Category 2 ATF 14 & under circuit event will be awarded to players for their wins at the Championships.
Based on players’ performance at the ITF Asia 14 & U Development Championships – Division 2, selected players will be invited to participate in an ITF Team at the ITF Asia 14 & U Development Championships – Division 1 to be held in Jan / Feb 2018
The Maldives team comprises 3 boys and 3 girls namely,
Rayyan Yusuf Riza
Raudhak Maumoon
Mohamed Namiq Shahid
Sarah Ahmed Akram
Aishath Tara Naeem
Layan Mohamed Shamin
The team is coached by Ahmed Akram .
The country ranking will be calculated at the end of the event and will be based on the best 3 results in singles and the best 3 individual results in the doubles of both tournaments combined (only three results in total), to include at least one result from a male and a female in singles as well as one individual result from a female in doubles.
Two countries will be promoted and one country will be relegated between Division 1 and Division 2, based on the final country ranking at the end of the circuit – the countries with the highest two ranking positions in Division 2 will move up to Division 1 and the country with the lowest ranking in Division 1 will be relegated to Division 2 in the following year’s Championships in 2019.
| Invited Nations: Bangladesh | Korea, DPR | Maldives | Singapore |
| Bhutan | Kyrgyzstan | Mongolia | Turkmenistan |
| Brunei | Laos | Myanmar | Tajikistan |
| Cambodia | Macau | Pakistan | Vietnam |