Soft tennis sets SEAG test event

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Soft Tennis Association (PSTA) 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 first Asian Junior Soft Tennis Championships (Aug. 26-30) to be followed by the first Asian University Soft Tennis Championships (Sept. 1-3) at the Colegio San Agustin Tennis Center in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.

The AUSTC, 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 won one silver and five bronzes. 

Philippine Soft Tennis Association president Antonio Jeff Tamayo Jr. has expressed his gratitude to the Asian Soft Tennis Federation (ASTF) 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.”