Jheni Osman is planning a visit to the Great Wall of China.

The 22-year-old from Eastbourne has climbed over another to almost certainly seal her place in the British team for this year's World Student Games in China.

She beat talented fellow Brit Rebecca Fong, a full-time player, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the AT Kearney Masters at Leeds.

Osman said: "It was a decent quality field, just one down from the Giro Bank Tour events, so I'm delighted to have come through with a victory.

"I'm really excited about the prospect of representing Britain in the Games and want to do as well as I can. I have received a letter from the LTA, who are organising the British tennis team, telling me I have been short-listed so it looks as though I have a very good chance of going.

"I aim to stay around for a few days afterwards and see the Great Wall among other sights."

Her Masters display followed up another tournament victory in the national universities series, which also incorporates non-students like Fong, at Cardiff.

She said: "I'm pleased with the way I am playing. That should stand me in good stead at the Games if I can maintain my form. I know that anyone selected will be expected to win medals in China. The standard is likely to be really high, though, particularly from the United States. Some students in the last Games were top 100 players doing a small university course.

"But I am hoping I will be involved in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

"It would be my first experience of an all-sport event. There will be thousands competing and we will be living in a village. It's a little like the Olympics.

"I'd love to go because it's not every day you get a free ride to Asia! I've travelled to most of the world through tennis but I've never been there."

Osman, who was based at the David Lloyd Centre in Eastbourne, spent three years on the road as a full-time player, before returning to her studies with a course in science at Birmingham University.

She said: "I really enjoyed my time on the circuit but I just couldn't earn enough money to make it worthwhile.

"Yet, although I'm not playing as much tennis, I still enjoy the sport."

Jheni was at the LTA School at Bisham from 13-16 before being coached by Nigel Sears in Brighton for three years until she was 19.

Then she switched to the Bath squad where she was coached by Simon Jones.

She said: "I loved it at Bisham and with Nigel and my time at Bath was excellent because I was rubbing shoulders with the likes of Colin Jackson and the swimmer Mark Foster."

But now Osman is concentrating on her Chinese adventure on which she could be joined by Sussex University student Paul Haines, a judo player from Hove. The plan is to stop off in Hong Kong in August from 13-19 with the Games going through until September