The Philippine Soft Tennis Association is organizing two international tournaments, including a test event for the upcoming 30th Southeast Asian Games.
Around 300 athletes from 12 countries will see action in the 1st Asian Junior Soft Tennis Championships (Aug. 26 to 30) to be followed by the 1st Asian University Soft Tennis Championships (Sept. 1 to 3) at the Colegio San Agustin Tennis Center in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
The 1st Asian University Soft Tennis Championships, which will serve as SEA Games test event, will give the country’s top netters the opportunity to test their own strengths and equally pit their respective skills against the best players from China, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Laos.
The last time soft tennis was played in the SEA Games was in Indonesia (2011) when the Philippines bagged one silver and five bronze medals
PSTA president Antonio Jeff Tamayo Jr. has expressed his gratitude to the Asian Soft Tennis Federation for the awarding to the Philippines the organization of the two major international events, which he said is “truly a fitting accolade which reflects our managerial expertise and hard work”.
“For this achievement, I am humbled and thankful for the cooperation of our friends at the Department of Education, Philippine Olympic Committee, Philippine Sports Commission, NCAA Mancom and the PSTA officers specially our president emeritus and former ASTF/ISTF vice president BGEN Dr. Antonio L. Tamayo,” he added.