Muhammad Ashaari Zainal and Jawairiah Nordin emerge as the Men’s and Women’s Singles Champions in Leg Four (4) of the BMW Malaysian National Circuit 2014
Vietnamese pairs Pham Huu Vinh and Le Quoc Khanh won the Men’s Doubles; while Tran Tam Hoo and Huynh Khanh won the Women’s Doubles
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13th August 2014 – Muhammad Ashaari Zainal;Jawairiah Nordin; Vietnamese pairs Pham Huu Vinh and Le Quoc Khanh (Men’s Doubles) and Tran Tam Hoo and Huynh Khanh (Women’s Doubles); emerged as the winners of the BMW Malaysian National Circult 2014 – Leg Four (4) that ended here today.
The five-day circuit started on 9th August 2014 at the Kompleks Tenis Jalan Duta. The winners took home a prize purse of up to RM30,000, Malaysian ranking points and eligibility to participate in the upcoming BMW Malaysian National Circuit Masters.
The champion of the Men’s Singles, Muhammad Ashaari Zainal faced Ariez Elyaas in a heated game and saw off his opponent with a score of 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
“This is the fifth time playing against Ariez and he always puts up a tough match. I am really happy with my game today as this is my first time winning against Ariez”, said Muhammad Ashaari Zainal.
“I was not confident with my game in the first set because this is my first time playing against Tran Thi Tam Hao but I managed to make a comeback in the second set”, said Jawairiah Nordin, the women’s singles champion, beating her opponent 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
The BMW Malaysian National Circuit is a sporting initiative by BMW Group Malaysia and the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia aimed at nurturing the development of budding tennis players in the country. The tournament is open to both local and international players with128 singles players and 64 doubles teams competing in a knockout competition format.
“The BMW Malaysian National Circuit program has been running for two consecutive years and in this time span, we have already discovered local tennis star such as Alyssa Boey and Aslina Chua who have both played at the highest levels against international players at the BMW Malaysian Open tennis competition. The BMW Malaysian National Circuit better prepares our local tennis talents for the larger tennis arena as the tournament has also gained popularity among international tennis players in the region who now come to Malaysia to compete with our local players for the prize purse of the tournament. These levels of competition help prepare our players both physically and mentally to raise their game.” said Sashi Ambi, Head of Corporate Communications, BMW Group Malaysia.
Ambi further added that the successes achieved by the BMW Malaysian National Circuit in developing local tennis talents in country have also led to the establishment of the National Tennis Academy that is a positive step forward for the future of the sport of tennis in the country.
YBhg Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Razak Latiff, President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia (LTAM) said, “We have many young talented tennis players in Malaysia that need to be nurtured and developed, in order to produce more world class tennis players that can represent Malaysia in the international sports arena. With the support of BMW Malaysian National Circuit, the sport of tennis in Malaysia has taken a huge step forward, along with the National Tennis Academy that was established this year. Lastly, I would like to congratulate Muhammad Ashaari Zainal and Jawairiah Nordin for thriving in the BMW Malaysian National Circuit 2014 Leg Four (4).”
The top Malaysian players selected from all legs during the 2014 calendar year of the BMW Malaysian National Circuit will compete against each other in the round-robin Masters competition later this year to determine their selection to the Malaysian National Team for the tournaments in the following year.
