Dhaka, March 27 (UNB) – Three Bangladeshi players—Mashfia Arefin, Ruman Hossain and Alvi—included in the Division-1 team of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Asian U-14 Development Championship scheduled to be held at Uzbekistan capital Tashkent from May 5 to 18.
This is the first time that three Bangladeshi players included in the meet at a time, also featuring a girl—Mashfia Arefin--from Bangladesh for first time in the ITF junior meet.
Fourteen nations--China, Chinese Taipie, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam and Bangladesh—will take part in the meet.
The ITF U-14 team was formed considering the performances in the Division-2 matches of the ITF Asian U-14 Development Championship held in Thailand last January.