AMMAN International Tennis Championship 2022 is the international entry level

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA— Up to 11 Indonesian tennis players will participate in the event AMMAN International Tennis Championship 2022.

Even though the international ratings of the country’s players haven’t met the requirements to appear as hosts, they have a share joker.

Of the 11 tennis players, four immediately appeared in the main round of the round of 16, namely Nathan Anthony Barki, Muhammad Rifqi Fitriadi, Achad Imam Ma’ruf and Rifqy Sukma Ramadhan.

While the seven players who made it through to the qualifying round with a 48 draw were Renaldi Aqila Arifadli, Faried Widyarohmadhiansyah, Aldhito Ramadhan Dwi Kurniawan, Aditya Harry Sasongko, Moh Gunawan Trismuwantara, Lucky Chandra Kurniawan and Ignatius Anthony Susanto.

This tournament takes place in back to back 8-14 August 2022 and 15-21 August 2022. Referring to the ITF competition website as of Saturday (7/8/2022), Sasikumar Mukund (India) who is ranked 441st in the world in singles will the top seed of the inaugural AMMAN International Tennis Championship Series.

Participants came from 18 countries, namely Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, -Bas, Russia, France and South Africa.

It’s a tournament tennis the country’s first international. After the last time in 2019. The tournament titled AMMAN International Tennis Championships is fully supported by PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (AMMAN) and will be held at the grounds of Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta. Championships registered in the official calendar of competitions of the Federation Tennis International (ITF) Men’s tennis world tour.

“Thank you PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara for agreeing to sponsor the first ITF Men’s Professional Tournament in Indonesia since the pandemic. PP Pelti really needs a championship like this in Indonesia,” said the General Chairman of the central council of the All-Indonesian. Tennis Association (PP Pelti), Rildo Ananda Anwar in Jakarta, Saturday (6/8/2022).

Rildo Ananda Anwar added, “I hope our players who appear later can enjoy this event well and for their experience. In this event, their mentality is tested, as the opponents they face are foreign players.

AMMAN International Tennis Championships offers a total prize pool of US$15,000 or around Rs.225 million for each series. This event is a tournament entry level professionals who will be very useful for the host tennis players to earn international ranking points.

AMMAN Corporate Communications Manager Kartika Octaviana said AMMAN’s support is aimed at encouraging the growth of new athletes who can achieve feats and make Indonesia proud.

“As one of the largest copper and gold mining companies in Indonesia, AMMAN continues to strive to support various programs that can advance Indonesia, one of which is in the field of tennis. With this world-class tournament, it is hoped that tennis in Indonesia will be excited again, this is one of our ways to create the best legacy for Indonesia,” said Kartika.