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The American Club and Peter Burwash International (PBI) are delighted to announce that Jorge Pinilla, PBI Tennis Director of Players Development at the Club, was recently invited to undertake the Level A coaching certification from the Global Professional Tennis Coach Association (GPTCA) at the Angelique Kerber Tennis Academy in Poland.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), through the GPTCA, selected only 20 coaches in the world to be updated to Level A. By joining the GPTCA and completing the certification, Jorge can now rub shoulders with the finest group of professional coaches in the tennis world – Toni Nadal, Ivan Ljubicic, Magnus Norman, Alberto Castellani, Larri Passos, Jose Perlas, Patrick Mouratoglou, to name a few – recognized by the ATP Tour. He is the only Level A coach in Southeast Asia and the first Colombian to attain this esteemed certification. Congratulations to Jorge!