The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit Week 1 tennis event, a Grade 5 ITF event, began at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) clay courts on Monday, 3 September.        Girls Singles top seeds:

1. Chui Kei Leung (Hong Kong)
2. Jiaqi Huang (China)
3. Annali Olivelle (Great Britain)
4. Anaya Goel (US)
5. Anika Seneviratne (SL) (Wild Card entry)

       Boys Singles top seeds:

1. Jian Keong Koey (US)
2. Tim Gauntlett (Hong Kong)
3. Prasanna Bagade (India)
4. Sandeep Vm (India)
5. Matthew Garcia (Philippines)

This Week 1 tournament will go on till Sunday, 9 September and the Week 2 event will follow from next Monday at the same venue. Mufaddal Hazari is the ITF Supervisor of the tournaments.

• In the above picture is current Sri Lanka Women’s National Runner-up Anjalika Kurerea in action on Tuesday’s play at the ITF Junior Circuit Week-1 in Colombo.