The teenager missed out, after her failure to fulfil some previous tournaments she had earlier confirmed participating in. “I am suspended because of two recent tournaments the authorities said I did not withdraw from, yet I did that online but the withdrawal was not processed,” she said.
“By the time I saw this, the tournaments had already started. For each tournament a player misses the withdrawal, it counts as six suspension points and every 10 points mean a month’s suspension. We tried to explain what happened, but the ITF Head Office could not lift an already processed suspension. It was quite unfortunate as I was really looking forward to play for my country once again.”