Source: www.guardian.co.tt
Three players will be representing Trinidad and Tobago next week when North, Central America and the Caribbean regional qualifying for the World Junior Tennis Tournament serves off in the Dominican Republic.
The pre-qualifying tournament for 14 and under players will be contested from next Monday until Saturday and only the winning boys and girls teams will qualify to battle against Canada, United States and hosts Mexico in the qualifying competition.
This tournament will take place at the end of next month and the top two girls and boys teams will then advance to the finals in the Czech Republic during the first week of August.
The Tennis Association of Trinidad and Tobago did not select any females and T&T will only be represented by Tobagonian Elan Mendes, Ethan Ammon and Gianluc Robinson.
Mendes, a former national under-12 champion, was picked automatically, while his teammates advanced from a playoff which also included Jordan Warner, Che Sanchez and Nabeel Mohammed.
Robinson and Ammon performed very creditably when they wore the red, white and black late last year in the ITF (International Tennis Federation) 13 & Under Caribbean Development Championships in Curacao.
The players will travel on Friday and the under-16 team will depart a week later for the pre-qualifying tournament for Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup in El Salvador.
This competition will take place from March 21-26 and the winning teams will then advance to the qualifying tournament, which will be contested together with the under-14 qualifying event at the end of next month in Mexico.
Canada and the United States will also be involved in the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup qualifier and the top two boys and girls teams will return to Mexico for the finals at the end of September.
Tobagonians Jualon Greig and Abraham twins, Joshua and Ty, will form the Junior Davis Cup squad, while Breana Stampfli, Olivia Johnson and Tobagonian Shania Millington are the Junior Fed Cup players.