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Malaysia sasar empat terbaik Kejohanan Tenis Piala Fed

KUALA LUMPUR - Selaku tuan rumah, skuad negara mensasarkan untuk berada dalam empat pasukan terbaik kumpulan dua zon Asia/Oceania Kejohanan Tenis Piala Fed yang akan berlangsung 1 hingga 7 Februari ini.

Menurut ketua jurulatih negara, S. Selvarajoo, berdasarkan kemampuan skuadnya, beliau yakin pencapaian itu boleh dilakukan, namun tidak mahu meletakkan bebanan kepada setiap pemain.
''Kebanyakan pemain kali ini terdiri muka baru seperti Jawairiah Nordin, T. Neesha, Choo Lyn Yee selain dibantu muka lama Khoo Chin Bee.


''Bagaimanapun, jika skuad negara mampu beraksi sekurang-kurangnya dalam peringkat play-off, itu merupakan satu petanda yang baik.
''Namun, sasaran kami paling minimum ialah kekal dalam kumpulan dua sekurang-kurangnya pada kejohanan Fed Cup akan datang,'' katanya pada sidang media di sini, semalam.
Sementara itu, Presiden Persatuan Lawn Tenis Malaysia, Datuk Abdul Razak Latiff berkata, kejohanan itu mampu memberikan pendedahan terbaik kepada pemain negara.
''Skuad kali ini masih muda, maka saya harapkan mereka mampu mengutip pengalaman berharga semasa kejohanan ini.

''Tambahan pula mereka masih belum didedahkan dengan banyak kejohanan peringkat tertinggi, saya anggap Fed Cup ini datang tepat pada masanya,'' ujarnya.
Beliau menyatakan kos pengendalian Fed Cup itu akan mencecah sehingga RM170,000 untuk kejohanan yang mencecah tujuh hari itu.
''Namun, kita menjangkakan mendapat sumbangan daripada beberapa pihak penaja sebelum kejohanan berlangsung,'' katanya.
Pemain negara, Neesha, memberitahu mereka bakal berdepan cabaran sukar dalam kumpulan dua, namun dia berjanji memberi tentangan sengit.

''Saya tidak mahu meletakkan sebarang sasaran tertentu kerana menyedari laluan bukan mudah.
''Apa yang pasti, saya mahu menimba pengalaman dalam kejohanan di samping mempersembahkan yang terbaik kepada penonton yang datang memberi sokongan,'' katanya.
Skuad negara yang berada dalam kumpulan dua akan bersaing dengan lapan pasukan lain seperti Hong Kong, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Filipina, Singapura dan Syria.

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