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fter two successful stops in Malaysia and Thailand this year, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Future Stars has moved to the next stop on the Road to Singapore–Jakarta, Indonesia. Former World No. 19 and hometown hero, Yayuk Basuki, hosted the WTA Future Stars Clinic at her academy. Amongst the 26 players who attended the clinic were 12 Under-14 and Under-16 competitive players and 16 children from local orphanage Yayasan Rumah Piatu Muslimin.

As part of the WTA Future Stars Clinic, the group of Indonesian junior players, which was made up of national representatives and players from the Yayuk Basuki Academy, also attended a talk given by Yayuk herself. The winner of six WTA singles titles and nine doubles titles shared insight about her experience as a professional player and the players took the opportunity to spar with someone who they could identify who exemplified that hard work pays off.

Yayuk shared after the clinic, “It is always great to be able to give back to the next generation and through sharing my experiences today, I hope to be able to inspire the children and show them that anything is possible as long as you put your heart and mind to it.”

The WTA Future Stars Clinic is part of a regional platform to promote tennis among children throughout the Asia-Pacific. The WTA Future Stars Tournament, held in Singapore in October, brings together players from 17 markets in the Asia-Pacific region on their very own junior Road to Singapore. Each country sends two representatives, one each in the U14 and U16 categories, to compete against each other during the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.