Kiran heads to Japan for Australian Open Asian Qualifiers

The 2023 Dunlop Road to the Australian Open Juniors, a co-organised event by Dunlop, the Australian Open ball partner, the Japanese Tennis Association (JTA) and Tennis Australia will once again be held in Yokkaichi, Japan from November 13 to 16, 2022.

16 boys and 16 girls will be invited from Asia/Oceania countries to enter and compete in the event. The singles winner in each event will be awarded with a main draw singles wildcard into the Australian Open Junior Championships 2023.

Sri Lanka Tennis Association, in compliance with the tournament regulations and requirements nominated four players for the above tournament.

Boys Team (Kiran Vairavanathan, Zaidh Zihar), Girls Team (Sajida Razick, Vishmi Serasinghe).

Out of which, Kiran Vairavanathan, Sri Lanka’s highest ITF U18 ranked player has been invited to compete in the Road to Australian Open Asian Qualifiers in Japan starting on November 12.

The winner of this event will be granted an Australian Open Main Draw place in the U18 event next year.

Kiran made the finals of both singles and doubles events of the ITF U18 tournaments held earlier this month at the SLTA. Kiran will travel to Nagoya, Japan with his coach Guyanga Weerasekera hoping to be the first Sri Lankan junior to qualify for the Australian Open.