MITS Players selected for new Tennis Australia “Super 10s” Program

Posted by Dean on November 4th, 2011

MITS would like to acknowledge and congratulate Stefan Milienkovic, Ken Cavrak, Hayla Rafei and Georgia Sottile on being selected for Tennis Australia’s new Super 10s Program. Super 10s is an exciting new competition for boys and girls aged 10 and under (10/u). The Victorian competition will be running as the pilot program, which Tennis Australia hopes to extend Australia-wide. The MITS players were selected as part of the 24 boys and 16 girls to compete in the program out of the many that tried out. As per ITF guidelines, players will use a low compression ball, which is 75 per cent compression of a yellow ball. From 1 January 2012, 10/u competitions worldwide are being encouraged to use low-compression balls to help aid player development.

Why Super 10s?

The competition will facilitate for 10/u athletes a culture of fair play, team work and acknowledgement.

Super 10s will:

• develop competitors through regular, well organised, high quality and fair competition
• promote teamwork among athletes, teams and families
• encourage an engaging environment for players and parents.

How does Super 10s work?

Super 10s is made up of four boys’ teams and four girls’ teams. Each team will include four players and there will be a list of reserves in case a fill-in player is required.

Players will play one singles and one doubles match. Matches are timed and last for 50 minutes.

There are three rounds, a semifinal and Grand Final, which will be played at Dendy Park Tennis Club. The competition will culminate with a Mixed Final at Melbourne Park, home of the Australia Open.

For more information about Tennis Australia’s Super 10s go to:

http://www.tennis.com.au/competitions/super-10s