tennis in malaysia

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  • Tennis Playground – Kelana Jaya MBPJ courts

    Tennis Playground – Kelana Jaya MBPJ courts

    This place is one of MBPJ’s finest tennis facility located at Kelana Jaya sports centre, very near to the MAS Training Centre. Its a public court with 8 tennis courts & 2 practice wall.One of the court is an indoor one as you can see from the pictures. It is a very busy place during the weekends as there are a lot of match plays & mini tournaments here. You can see a lot of good juniors playing here. I would advice against playing here from 9am to 4.30pm as this place is so open & hot but if you like the sun, you can go ahead.

    I would rate the courts here 8/10. If the night lighting is as good as the Jalan Duta courts, I would have given this place a 9/10. During the photo shoot, they were repairing two courts… a good sign that the management is taking care of the facilities here. The only problem with the courts here are the court booking hassle. You cant book courts at the playing venue here. The booking office is at PJ Civic Centre along Jalan Yong Shook Lin which is like 10km away. You can get more info at their website & address below:

    Dewan Sivik MBPJ
    Address: Jalan Yong Shook Lin, 46675 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
    Alamat Poskod: 46675 Petaling Jaya
    Tel: +603 7956 3544, Fax: +603 7958 1494
    Website: http://www.mbpj.gov.my/
    GPS Coordinates: N3 05.812 E101 38.719

  • Tennis Playground – Bangsar Sports Complex

    Tennis Playground – Bangsar Sports Complex

    This is a very well known public court among tennis players in the Klang Valley. It is run by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, further enquiry & information on rental & such can be obtain from their website here. There are 4 courts here & they look well used but still very playable. I dont know about the night lighting condition as I havent played at night before here.

    It is easy to find this complex, you need to head towards the Brabus showroom in front of Bangsar Village & continue up & make a left into Jalan Terasek & go straight till you find Jalan Terasek 3 & you’re there. There are various other sporting facilities here like futsal, swimming pool, badminton, squash, etc. This place are surrounded by houses & although you can see lotsa trees in the pictures, the courts are not shaded at all by them, so be ready to become a roast pig if you were to play anytime between 8am to 5pm.

    Overall I would rate this place 7/10. Be aware that everyone here look very intimidating & most of them look like Nadal or Federer.

  • Tennis Playground – FRIM tennis court

    Tennis Playground – FRIM tennis court

    This is a pair of very nice public tennis courts located inside the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) in Kepong. It is less than 30 mins drive from KL city center to FRIM. Aside from tennis, there are other facilities/activites that you can do at FRIM like badminton, hiking, mountain biking on it’s trail, football, etc. The surrounding are full of trees & the oxygen quality here is pretty nice because of the surrounding forest. You can call up their office for bookings at 03-6279 7561. I would rate the courts here 8/10, it would be 9/10 if they had better lighting. My pictures doesnt do justice here cos of my cheap handphone camera & it was just after a shower, but this pair of courts are really beautiful & still very new by the time of this posting.

  • Tennis Playground – Sri Tiara Condominium

    Tennis Playground – Sri Tiara Condominium

    Sri Tiara Condominium is a service apartment located at Taman Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur. It is 10 minutes away from KL Sentral & Mid Valley. I love the tennis courts surface here but the night lighting is not good. I would rate the courts 8.5/10. To visitors who like to have a cheaper alternative than staying in hotels, this place would be a good choice

  • Tennis Playground – The Club, Bukit Utama

    Tennis Playground – The Club, Bukit Utama

    The Club is a members only club located near the Curve in Damansara and it has 3 nice indoor artificial grass courts. Apart from the tennis courts, it has various other sports facilities like badminton, squash, golf, swimming pool, etc. & if you are a One Utama’s One card holder, you can book the tennis court for Rm26 per hour even if you are not a member. So if you want to play in this club but don’t want to be a member, just go to the One Utama Shopping Centre & get yourself a One Utama’s One Card for like rm10 if I am not wrong and then you can proceed to this club & book for a court. They also have a very nice place to eat & chill out downstairs.

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  • Tennis Playground – Clay courts in Singapore

    Tennis Playground – Clay courts in Singapore

    by spurskev

    Since its the french open season.. so maybe some people are curious to try out a clay court nearby. I’m not too sure whether there are still clay courts around in M’sia but in Singapore there is one which is open to public. I was eager to try out the clay court and want to know whats the difference from normal hard courts we usually play at.. After first few strokes i felt quite easy to get into motions..There are sometimes some unexpected bounces once in a while where the ball sometimes kicks up very high when there is alot of topspin on the ball. The clay here is of very thin layer and there is sand particles in it which i am not too sure whether a normal court would have or not. I felt it plays almost similar to the hard court and occasionally the weird bounces. I always thought that it would be easy to slide on clay buy I was wrong.. haha. But certainly its worth a try for those die hard tennis fans.. 🙂

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  • Tennis Playground – National Tennis Centre, Jalan Duta

    Tennis Playground – National Tennis Centre, Jalan Duta

    It has been a long time since I wanted to post information about this supposedly national tennis playground of Kuala Lumpur or Malaysia? I can’t find any information about it on the net & it was very sad. Well people, here you go… The National Tennis Centre at Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur & it is open for public rental if you dont already know.

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