My experience in Hong Kong by Kemalie Herath (Sri Lanka)

May 8, 2008 – 8:20 pm

"I had a Splendid stay in HONG KONG with the amazing training I got from Raphael, Benny, Richie and Philippe. It was a great experience and i gained a lot that will help me in pursuing my goals. I am sure to practice whats been told and hope to perfect all the aspects in next to no time. During the two weeks I spent I gained a lot and made ...

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Pyramid Tennis Academy Tour, Bangkok by Wilson Lai (Junior Elite B)

April 4, 2008 – 7:09 am

Bangkok Trip March 2008 Our eight day training at Bangkok’s Pyramid Tennis Academy was a great experience for all of us. We arrived on Sunday the 28th of March. As we left the airport door into the outdoors, we felt boiling in the amazing 36°C. We couldn’t imagine playing in weather like this without having any energy food (such as chocolate and ice cream) and lots of water. The academy at ...

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Pyramid Tennis Academy Tour, Bangkok by Ti Jia Ming (Malaysia)

April 1, 2008 – 11:56 am

I think that the Bangkok trip was quite beneficial because we learnt about a new tactic (inside, outside and 90 degrees) that is quite useful for match play.  I didn't get it at first because it was kind of complicated but in the end I understood what the coach was explaining.  I also find the talk that Benny gave us about body language during a match and pressure on court inspiring as what he ...

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Dominic and Jeffrey take school to its first final of K-Swiss Interschool

February 14, 2008 – 12:36 pm

In this year's K-Swiss inteschool competition, HKITA's own Dominic Wong and Jeffrey Wong took their school Merchants Association Secondary School Yuen Long to the final of Division II Boys. This is the first time Mechants tennis team participate in the K-Swiss Interschool competition. Dominic and Jeffrey were the anchor players. In the final round, Ying Wa College proved to be too strong for their younger counterparts. Well done Dominic and ...

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4th win in a row for DGS

February 5, 2008 – 12:54 am

At this year's Inter School competition at Victoria Park, Leung Lok Sze and Sher Pui Wing represented DGS, Carmen Lai played for Heep Yun School, Lorraine Cheung for Maryknoll Convent School, and Lee So Jung and Sunnie Lampl for HKIS. In the semi-finals, Lee So Jung's HKIS defeated Carmen Lai's Heep Yun School by 2-1. Lee So Jung and her partner Samantha Chao won the decisive doubles by 6-1. Earlier on ...

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Zhao Di and Liu Min impress in Bangladesh

February 5, 2008 – 12:36 am

Congratulations to Liu Min and Zhao Di for respectively making the semi-final and final at last week's Bangladesh IF G4. These two chinese girls, who train at our sister academy in Shenzhen, started the tournament as unseeded players. After a semi-final in HK 3 weeks ago, Liu Min continued on her good form to make another semi-final. At that stage she lost to Lisa Whybourn, the #5 seed from Great Britain by ...

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HKITA - Macau Tennis Association Invitational Challenge 2008

January 24, 2008 – 1:22 pm

On 19 - 20 January HKITA players led by the Elite Group players, including Yasodara Karunaratne (Sri Lanka's # 1, U14 group), Nick Wong and Rachel Hui, visited the Macau Dome for invitational match hosted by the Macau Tennis Association. In total HKITA brought 14 players from its Elite, Competition and Junior Elite A and B programs.   Day 1 We arrived early in the morning around 08:30 and were greeted at the ferry terminal by the President, ...

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Liu Min halted in Semis of HK ITF

January 18, 2008 – 10:51 am

Yang Zi, the # 3 seed from China was just too strong for Liu Min who showed lack of experience. Her serve let her down for most of the match, in which she hit less than 50% of 1st serves in and allowed her chinese opponent to attack a too passive 2nd serve . Out of 8 service games, Liu Min got broken 6 times and on the other hand, she wasn't ...

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HKITA’s Liu Min in both Semis of 1st ever ITF tournament

January 16, 2008 – 9:32 am

On Tuesday, the girls played their 1st round doubles, which was a way to avenge their losses in singles. Unfortunately, the end result was quite similar as only Carmen Lai was able to win a tough 3-setter with her Hong Kong partner, Wu Ho-Ching. They beat Feng Yi-Di (HKG) and Tiffany Tang (CAN). In all other doubles, the girls played stronger opponents but were still able to show good doubles skills. ...

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HKITA players having tough time at Hong Kong ITF G5

January 14, 2008 – 11:04 am

At this year's ITF G5 at Victoria Park, HKITA players were not able to create any upsets as 6 out of 7 of the Academy's players lost their 1st round matches today. This year's participants from HKITA are all girls and include: Lorraine Cheung, Lok Sze Leung, Sher Pui Wing, Carmen Lai, Lee So Jung, Liu Ming, and Rachel Hui who received a Wild Card. We saw lots of positive ...

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