The UK pathway leads elite young tennis players out of Wales to an academy in the east Midlands.
"Our current pathway is that we really try and work and develop these players in Wales until they're 14.Mr Lewis said a national tennis centre in Wales would give the best young Welsh talent the option not to move away."The reality for us is that we don't currently have a national tennis centre.
"The closest we had was closed back in 2013, so we've had a period of time with no national centre to base a national programme to the level which the top players would need.Image caption,Having already made the move to the National Tennis Academy in Loughborough, Mimi Xu was crowned singles champion at the 2022 LTA Under-18 Junior National Championships.
"She's been national champion of Great Britain several times, and obviously made a really young debut at Junior Wimbledon." Following Mimi and Niall's successes, Mr Lewis said the next step for Welsh Tennis was "global representation".
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