Tennis athletes from 21 countries have participated in the
competition for the 30th Annual Tep Kunnah Memorial Cup 2025 at the Morodok
Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh to commemorate the anniversary of former
strongest player Tep Kunnah of Cambodia.
Mss. Sum Chenda, coordinator of the Tennis Competition of
Tep Kunnah’s Cup, highlighted that the event will run for two weeks, with the first
week started from November 10-15 and the second week will start from November
16-21, 2025. She added that this competition will feature high-level technical tennis
players, with a focus on young athletes, while the host country, Cambodia, will
have three players to participate competing against international players to
gain experience and improve their technical skills.
At the same time, Mss. Sum Chenda emphasized that, for
organizing to host the 2025 Tournament, the federation has been preparing for
months to make comprehensive arrangements for food, accommodation,
transportation, etc. to receive delegates, coaches, and athletes from 20 other
countries to receive the warmth and national honor of being the host.
The coordinator of this event said that, tennis athletes who
from 21 countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, China, South Korea,
Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Japan, England, Norway, Brunei, Russia, Sri Lanka,
Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Bangladesh, and France, etc.
Meanwhile, Mr. Chea Pov, Deputy Secretary General of the
Cambodia Tennis Federation, also said that, this tournament was held to
commemorate Mr. Tep Khunnah, a former tennis athlete of Cambodia in the 1960s
and the father of Mr. Tep Rithiwit, Secretary General of the Cambodia Tennis
Federation. Mr. Tep Khunnah was the former famous tennis athlete who passed
away more than 20 years ago.
