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Side meetings at any world stage cannot be taken for granted especially if it is about those with authority to make decisions and the capacity to implement those decisions. There were many meetings at the margins of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Portugal that ended on 28 th September 2019, this piece takes a close look at the meeting between the re-elected President of the ITF David Haggerty and the President of the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF) Isaac Aboagye Duah, of what it means and the dividends such relationship will bring to the game of Tennis at the international as well as the local level.      Isaac Aboagye Duah and David Haggerty Recording an overwhelming 60.5% to be re-elected as President of ITF, David Haggerty is full of thanks to the delegates for entrusting another four years into his hands but more than that he will look back and be proud of his previous administration as the banner for his re-election...

The Annual General Meeting of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is now in the books with a lot of ground breaking outcomes delivered without any ambiguities by 155 National Tennis Associations who convened at Lisbon, Portugal under the theme Transforming Tennis to take stock of the global movement, enact major reforms and to choose the leadership of the world body for the next four years.  After close of polls on Friday 27 th  September 2019, it was David Haggerty of the USA who was announced elected as the ITF President to serve a four year mandate from 2019 to 2023 haven won 259 votes accounting for 60.5% to that of Anil Khanna, David Miley, and Ivo Kaderka’s 93, 46, 30 accounting for 21.7%, 10.8% and 7% respectively, David Haggerty was full of appreciation to the delegates with an unwavering determination to take tennis to a different level. Courtesy the Bank of Africa a leading Bank in Ghana and a subsidiary of the Pan African Banking conglomerate Ban...

The much anticipated program on the Ghanaian tennis calendar, the Hope Performance Tennis Clinic and Club Tournament took place in the first week of September at the Accra Sports Stadium tennis courts from Wednesday the 4 th of to the 7 th of September 2019 from 8am to 4pm each day with over 600 kids from 5 regions of Ghana participating in the life changing tennis program that seeks to empower young people through the game of tennis. ABOUT HOPE PERFORMANCE TENNIS INC. Hope performance Tennis Inc. as a foundation is committed to empowering young people in Ghana using the game of tennis as a tool for development in a manner that provide for the youth, a platform on which they would be able to combine both the game of tennis and academic excellence for their own development. NATURE OF THE PROGRAM The four days event had two components, it started with a two days clinic led by very seasoned and high level coaches aimed at addressing the skill and the technicalities of th...

The leadership and management of Hope Performance Tennis Inc. a tennis foundation committed to the development of young people through tennis wishes to congratulate Asamoah Gyan on his new signing to the India Super League where he will be joining the North East United FC . We were thrilled by the presence, participation and support of Asamoah Gyan at the 2 nd edition of the Hope Performance Tennis Clinic and Club Tournament that took place from the 4 th to the 7 th of September 2019 at the Accra sports stadium that brought together over 600 kids from five regions in Ghana to participate in a tennis transformative program that holds much promise in the development of young people especially those in vulnerable situation. We are confident that Baby Jet will once again do great exploits at his new club and bring glory to the nation. Once again we extend our goodwill and prayers to the all-time leading goal scorer and philanthropist. Cedric Dzelu Executive Director ...

From the 23 rd to 28 th September 2019, the eyes and ears of all tennis stakeholders around the world will be directed towards the happenings at Lisbon in Portugal where the International Tennis Federation (ITF) will be having its 2019 Annual General Meeting to discharge the business agenda of the promulgation of major reforms, electing the President and 14 members of the board of directors to serve as the administrative and advocacy organ of the World body.         This congress comes at a time where the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF) has gain momentum in its agenda of bringing tennis back to its former glory where Ghana was prominent at the Euro-African zone two and had players breaking into the world 200. Thanks to Bank of Africa a leading bank in Ghana and a subsidiary of the Pan African banking conglomerate Bank of Africa group which is present in 18 countries, the President of the Ghana Tennis Federation Mr. Isaac Aboagye Duah and a board memb...