The ITF International Ranking Tennis Tournament started here at the Bagh-i-Jinnah’s PLTA courts under the sponsorship banner of Grand Avenue. Addressing a press conference here, President Punjab Lawn Tennis Association Rao Iftikhar said that they have written to a number of countries but did not get any positive response due to security concerns. However, there will be a couple of singles entries from players from Japan and some other far eastern countries. “We wrote to Sri Lanka, India and Bhutan but they have reservations. Despite all the issues the event will go on which will bright a patronage gap between elders and the youngsters,” he maintained.