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| Dates : 12 to 15 November
2008 Venue : Astana , Kazakhstan |
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____________________________________________________________________________________ Press Release Hopman Cup in Astana A unique team tennis superiority will be held in November 12 -15 in Astana. For the first time the Asian qualifying stage of the Hopman Cup where the teams of China , India , Chinese Taipei, Thailand , Korea and Kazakhstan will participate takes place in the capital of Kazakhstan . These tournament winners will get a chance to play in a draw of the Australian Hopman Cup among 8 best world teams. Hopman Cup - is a yearly international tennis team tournament, which was found in 1989 and is held in Perth of the Western Australia in the beginning of January (sometimes at the end of December). The competitions were named in honor of Harry Hopman (12.08.1906-27.12.1985) - one of the greatest tennis players and a famous Australian coach. For 30 years he guided young talented players to victories on 15 Davis Cups and 21 Challengers rounds. What the difference of Hopman Cup from other team tennis competitions? Unlike other major international team tennis tournaments like the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup , which are strictly for men or women only, the Hopman Cup is a mixed competition where male and female players team up together on combined teams. Each team consists of one male player and one female player. Each match-up between two teams at the championships consists of:
In the Asian qualifying stage 6 competing teams will be divided into 2 groups. The winner of each subgroup will play for the pass to Australia . The honor of their countries will be defended by: Udomchoke Danai and Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand), Lu Yen-Hsun and Hsieh Su-Wei(Chinese Taipei), Jun Woong Sun and Chae Kyung Yee (Korea), Li Zhe and Zhou Yimiao (China), Vishnu Vardhan and Shikha Uberoi (India). The Kazakhstan banner will be carried by our first rackets –Andrey Golubev and Yaroslava Shvedova, who recently had entered into top hundred tennis players in the WTA ranking.
The Tournament director: Daniel Chambon Referee: Andrey Kornilov ( Uzbekistan ) Address: Astana City , Kabanbay Batyr Street 6/1, Kazakhstan ___________________________________________________________________________ Other Information Asian Hopman Cup is being held at the courts of National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan from 12th to 15th Nov 2008. This is the third time the Asian Hopman Cup is being held in Asia. The innagural event (2006) was held in Hyderabad, India. In 2007 Thailand hosted the event. Last year two Asian nation - India and Taipei entried into the main event at Perth. 2006 winners - Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna (IND) were 2007 Asian Hopman Cup winners Su-Wei-Hsies and Yen-Hsun Le (TPE) were the eight team. This year again on the basis of rankings top male & female players from tennis playing Asia countries are invited to participate in the event. The 6 teams participating this year - Thailand , Chinese Taipei , India , Korea , Kazakhstan and China .
The teams consist of 1 man and 1 woman squad and the event will be held in round robin format. The teams will be divided into two groups who will compete in men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles. The winner of each group will then contest for the top position. In addition to the prize money ( US $70,000) the winning team of the Asian Hopman Cup will automatically qualify for the Hyundai Hopman Cup at Perth, Australia scheduled to be held from 3 – 9 January, 2009 Division of the Asian Hopman Cup prize money is as follows : -
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