Seated: Jean-Claude Knaebel, Claudine Knaebel, Gilles Moretton, Pierre Doumayrou. Standing: Richard Gasquet and Paul-Henri Mathieu. Photo credit score FFT-JC. CASLOT
The French Tennis Federation and the “Les Petits As, the Mondial Lacoste” tournament at the moment formalized their alliance at Roland-Garros.
Gilles Moretton, President of the FFT, Pierre Doumayrou, Secretary General of the FFT, and the founders of the junior tournament, Claudine and Jean-Claude Knaebel in addition to Jacques Dutrey * signed this settlement, in the presence of two former winners of the tournament of Tarbes, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Richard Gasquet.
This alliance with the FFT goals to help, perpetuate, develop and promote the most vital tournament in the world for 13/14 12 months olds, which additionally organizes wheelchair tennis occasions for juniors.
This competitors, which was gained by nice champions like Rafael Nadal, Martina Hingis or Michael Chang, brings collectively round fifty nations yearly for practically 40 years.
This partnership is an element of the federal venture in favor of the upward studying of the greatest younger French gamers who thus have the alternative to face on French territory, in Tarbes, the greatest gamers in the world. of their age class.
* Jacques Dutrey couldn’t be current at this signing.
Philippe Brossard-Lotz
The Reporter sablais
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