Rising teenage tennis stars sign-up for Bangkok

   Leading the trio is the hard serving 18 year old, Agnes Szavay from Hungary. She started out the year ranked as No 207 and has rocketed up the rankings to No 31 in the world. Her success has been built on the back of some sterling performances. She won her first-ever WTA titles this year, a singles win at Palermo and a doubles title on home territory in Budapest. She reserved her best performance for August at New Haven, when she swept through the qualifying and main draw to reach the final. On the way she defeated Daniela Hantuchova, before being forced to retire with injury whilst leading world No 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final.

  At the US Open she remains in hot form steamrolling Petrova on Saturday in straight sets to enter the 4th round of a Grand Slam for the first time.

   Szavay had an impressive record as a junior, winning junior titles at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, so her rise up the ranking will not come as a surprise to many.

   Victoria Azarenka from Belarus is another 18 year old player who has successfully graduated from the junior to the senior game. The 2005 junior world champion in her first full year on the tour in 2006 broke into the top 100 with some fine wins over Anastasia Myskina, Nicole Vaidisova and Jelena Jankovic. This year she has continued her good form and has currently moved into the 4th round of the US Open after beating Martina Hingis over the weekend. She also reached the 3rd round at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon and is currently ranked no 41.

   The third player of the trio is 17 year old Sorana Cirstea, from Romania, who is playing her first full year on the WTA tour. She has the looks and big forehand of Ana Ivanovic and has already reached the final of one WTA tour event in Budapest earlier this year. Like the other two girls, she is destined for a top 50 ranking this year.

   The three teenagers will line-up against some of the more established stars on the circuit, including Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic, when the main draw starts on 8 October. 

  Main draw matches will start at 15.00 daily, including the finals on Sunday 14 October.

   Tickets will go on sale from today at the following prices:

 Saturday 6 October - Sunday 7 October:        Admission Free

Monday 8 October - Thursday 11 October:     300 and 500 baht.

Friday 12 October - Sunday 14 October:   500, 800, & 1000 baht

 For further information and bookings, call 02-3823491-3, or visit the official website at: www.pentanglepromotions.com