Kumasi to host Tennis Ranking tournament

Ahead of this year’s Davis Cup in June, the Ashanti Regional Tennis Federation will host the second edition of the National Ranking Tournament, slated for March 26 to April 2 to select a crack squad for the national team.

The one-week event, which hitherto was hosted in Accra, will feature about 50 players across the country at the 4 Garrison Officers Mess Tennis Court in Kumasi.

Aside selecting players for the national team, results of the ranking are expected to be forwarded to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for international ranking.

The vice chairman of the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF), Mr Isaac Duah said the decision to move the tournament to Kumasi was premised on the keen interest and support the regional federation has been getting from lovers of tennis and some corporate institutions in Kumasi.

It is also to raise the level of awareness of the game in the region and offer a change of environment for the players.

On his part, the chairman of the regional body, Mr Kwasi Agyeman Gyamibi, expressed hope that the competition would produce one of the best squads Ghana has ever presented at any competition.

The event, dubbed ‘Babolat National Ranking Tournament’, is sponsored by Ismaila Tennis & Sports Shop, the official agent of Babolat in Ghana and supported by McDan Shipping Company Limited.