Lawn Tennis Association of Malawi (LTAM) has introduced a self-sponsored tournament to drill youngsters.<\/p>\n
The association\u2019s Technical Director, Thompson Mtengula, said the competition was on a pilot project restricted to youngsters undergoing training at Malawi National Tennis Centre situated at Country Club Limbe in Blantyre.<\/p>\n
Mtengula said they had adopted Davies Cup format to enable youngsters, drawn from Chigumula, Mpingwe, Bangwe, Chiwembe, Manje and Kanjedza townships, familiarise themselves with the internationally-recognised format.<\/p>\n
The Davis Cup is a men\u2019s premier international team event. The women’s equivalent of the Davis Cup is the Fed Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to keep the players busy since we don\u2019t have any junior tournament to assess them. Through this way, we will keep them pre-occupied with tennis. We are using Davies Cup format to teach them discipline, to love one another, respect seniors and understand the need to work as a team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mtengula said if the project becomes successful in Blantyre, the association will run similar projects in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Zomba.<\/p>\n
The players have been split into groups namely Adidas, Nike, Puma, Wilson, Prince and Dunlop.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are playing on a league basis. So far, we are playing our second round and we will have two more rounds to determine the champions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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