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ITF is restructuring its tournaments after a deep analysis of 13 years of data: http://www.itftennis.com/news/256730.aspx Interesting insights about the Pro Circuit: http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/about-pro-circuit/player-pathway.aspx ...and the Junior Circuit: http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/...

I'm not sure that the truly talented are that affected by this as they will likely be as good as kids that are a year or two older. in other words, if you can't beat kids that are one year older, you are unlikely to make it in the open category. I think the biggest challenge, especially for the boy...

Varma, you have hit it right. The unusual situation is that MOST (> 80% of the top 10) of the top ranked in U-14 are age cheaters. That means that round after round, you are facing players who are 2-3 years older (and stronger and more mentally mature). We are not all Nadal or Serena to brush these ...

Example 2: Rudra Kapoor from Lucknow, official birth year 2003, now playing U14, was playing U12 in 2010: http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tennis-mridul-upsets-abhilash/630827/ TOI article below refers to him being in 9th grade in Jan 2016 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/It-was-...

...For most others, we can't even find such public sources that talk about grade, etc. What do you mean by that? These kids don't talk about what grade they are in and which School they go to? Even though you are competing at various tournaments, isn't it common that you mingle with other kids a li...

Aren't the rules same all over the world? 2002 born kids can play U14 USTA tournaments (until the month before their birth month). So, according to the USTA rules, someone who is Nov 2002 born can play U14 until Oct 2002. In any case, keep the fight on! It's very important that these cheaters are e...

This guy is a well-known example: http://www.indiatimes.com/sports/meet-14-year-old-krishan-hooda-a-wrestler-who-decided-to-take-up-tennis-271397.html He is in 10th grade but playing Under-14! Technically, this is possible. A player can play 14-and-under until their 15th birthday. My son, for examp...

This guy is a well-known example: http://www.indiatimes.com/sports/meet-1 ... 71397.html

He is in 10th grade but playing Under-14!

Thank you all for the suggestions! We will try to target the journalists that you have recommended. Will keep you posted, periodically. Varma> Very shocking to see that age cheating still exists in an urban sport like Tennis, although not as surprising! We see that most of the age cheaters in Tennis...

Hi, We are a group of junior tennis players in India who are fed up with the amount of age fraud in AITA tournaments. Help us fix the system! We laugh when we read this forum and see comments like "14-year old XX has great potential" or "16-year old YY has to be nurtured". We kno...