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| Sunday, 6 July 2003 |
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Sri Lanka looks for top tennis coach by LAL GUNESEKERA Arul Amalnathan, the Indian professional tennis coach who was on a two-year assignment in Sri Lanka finishes his contract at the end of this month, and the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) is looking at various avenues to sign on another top coach. A spokesman for the SLTA told the Sunday Observer that Amalnathan may stay back in Sri Lanka and continue with "some coaching" and that there is a proposal to release two courts to him for this purpose. Australia and India may be the likely countries to be tapped for coaches to be sent on assignments to Sri Lanka, but most economical is the latter. The President of the SLTA, Suresh Subramaniam, too is in England for the Wimbledon Championship now in progress and he too is to make inquiries from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) regarding a top notch coach for Sri Lanka who could "deliver the goods". Six juniors (four boys and two girls) are also to be selected soon to attend a coaching programme in Spain. Last year, too, some top juniors were sent to Spain for training. Meanwhile, a couple of top foreign coaches under the auspices of the ITF are to visit Sri Lanka soon for a period of one month starting July 9 to develop Wheelchair Tennis in the country and will be involved with nearly 120 disabled soldiers. The men's and women's future tournaments involving top professionals are to be worked off at the National Tennis Centre (NTC) in Greenpath next month (August) where the prize money will total US Dollars 10,000 per tournament. |
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