Top-class tennis billed for Windhoek

WINDHOEK – Namibia’s top men’s tennis player, Jurgens Strydom, will compete in the MTC/International Tennis Federation (ITF) Men’s Futures Tennis Tournament from Saturday until October 14 in Windhoek.

Strydom, who is ranked 10th for the tournament, has been accepted directly into the main competition starting on Monday. So far, players from Italy, Romania, France, Sweden, India, Russia, Tunisia, the USA, the UK, Morocco, Korea, Tunisia, South Africa, Botswana, Czech Republic and Australia have entered.The qualifying round will take place on Saturday and Sunday, with the main tournament to start on Monday, until Saturday October 14.Only the top eight players from the qualifying round will move into the main tournament.The doubles finals will take place on Friday, October 13 and singles finals on Saturday morning, October 14 from 09h30.The tournament director is Warren Frewer from Namibia, while the tournament umpire is Anton Rens, a South African.The tournament officials are from South Africa, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.Namibia has been successfully presenting international tennis tournaments with MTC as sponsoring partner during the past few years.This resulted in the International Tennis Federation’s request for Namibia to host the first Futures tournament in southern Africa this year.The players then move to Botswana and will finish in South Africa during the last week in October.The International Futures tournaments are scheduled in a minimum of three consecutive weeks in a region with prize money of N$70 000 for each tournament, jointly sponsored by MTC and the ITF for the Namibian leg.It forms part of the ITF’s PRO Men’s Circuit (consisting of the Association of Professional Tennis (ATP), Futures and Satellite tournaments.Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) is the main sponsor with N$80 000.Other sponsors include Logical Networks, Nashua, Peugeot, Namibia Medical Care, Methealth Namibia Administrators, Camping Hire Namibia, Safari Hotel, Ongwe Guesthouse and Olympia Pharmacy.NampaSo far, players from Italy, Romania, France, Sweden, India, Russia, Tunisia, the USA, the UK, Morocco, Korea, Tunisia, South Africa, Botswana, Czech Republic and Australia have entered.The qualifying round will take place on Saturday and Sunday, with the main tournament to start on Monday, until Saturday October 14.Only the top eight players from the qualifying round will move into the main tournament.The doubles finals will take place on Friday, October 13 and singles finals on Saturday morning, October 14 from 09h30.The tournament director is Warren Frewer from Namibia, while the tournament umpire is Anton Rens, a South African.The tournament officials are from South Africa, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.Namibia has been successfully presenting international tennis tournaments with MTC as sponsoring partner during the past few years.This resulted in the International Tennis Federation’s request for Namibia to host the first Futures tournament in southern Africa this year.The players then move to Botswana and will finish in South Africa during the last week in October.The International Futures tournaments are scheduled in a minimum of three consecutive weeks in a region with prize money of N$70 000 for each tournament, jointly sponsored by MTC and the ITF for the Namibian leg.It forms part of the ITF’s PRO Men’s Circuit (consisting of the Association of Professional Tennis (ATP), Futures and Satellite tournaments.Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) is the main sponsor with N$80 000.Other sponsors include Logical Networks, Nashua, Peugeot, Namibia Medical Care, Methealth Namibia Administrators, Camping Hire Namibia, Safari Hotel, Ongwe Guesthouse and Olympia Pharmacy.Nampa