Draw ceremony of 2nd ITF Junior Masters held in Sichuan

A representative of the International Tennis Federation (left) shows a draw in the draw ceremony. [Photo by Huang Zhiling/www.chinadaily.com.cn]

The draw ceremony of the second ITF Junior Masters was held in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Wednesday.

The second ITF Junior Masters will take place in the Sichuan International Tennis Center in the Shuangliu district of Chengdu from April 8 to 10.

In the first round, the two top seeds, Katie Swan from Great Britain and Norway's Casper Ruud, will play William Blumberg from the United States and Czech Republic's Miriam Kolodziejova respectively.

Based upon rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) at the end of 2015, eight boys and eight girls have qualified to take part in the second ITF Junior Masters.

The players will compete in a knockout competition over the course of three days, with each player guaranteed three matches to determine their final position.

The inaugural ITF Junior Masters was held in the Sichuan International Tennis Center from last April 3 to 5, with Andrey Rublev from Ruassia and Xu Shilin from China winning the men's and women's events respectively.