Fuji Xerox Auckland Championships 2011 NZMT
Monday 5th to Thursday 8th December 2011 at the Scarboro Tennis Centre
Monday 5th to Thursday 8th December 2011 at the Scarboro Tennis Centre
An on-fire No.1 seed, two players in the world’s top 10, and a youngster with four junior Grand Slams are the highlights of the 2012 Heineken Open full field announced today.
Defending champion and No. 1 seed David Ferrer is in some of the best form of his career after last week making the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals upsetting world No.1 Novak Djokovic and world No.4 Andy Murray on the way. More…
The tournament is set for this weekend the 3rd and 4th of December at the Scarbro tennis centre.
The Canterbury versus Auckland playofff games for the New Zealand places at the Kia Amateur Australian open were held this weekend at the Scarbro Tennis Centre. Both the Auckland representatives were victorious this time reversing the result from last year. Andrew Allan (Auckland) defeated Tim Meredith (Canterbury) 6-4. 6-1 and Davina Meza (Auckland) beat Michelle North (Canterbury) 6-2, 6-3. The winners are pictured below. They will receive box tickets to the ABS Classic and tickets to the mens final of the Australian Open as well as the trip to compete in the Australian Amateur Open.
Auckland looks set for a Spanish invasion with a second top 10 player – world No. 10 Nicolas Almagro – confirmed to play at next year’s Heineken Open.
The 26-year-old joins fellow Spaniards, current world No. 5 and defending champion David Ferrer and former world No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, as three of the top ranking players for the 2012 Heineken Open.
Almagro will make his sixth appearance in Auckland when he takes to the courts in the Panasonic Singles from 9-14 January 2012. More…
Sunday 18th to Friday 23rd December2011
Players may enter 2 age groups
1 from pool 1: 18's 10's 14's
1 from pool 2: 16's 12's
Part of the Tennis New Zealand Masters Points Race
Wimbledon semifinalist and current world No.18 Sabine Lisicki has confirmed she will be bringing her killer serve back to Auckland for next year’s ASB Classic.
The 22-year-old German amazed fans at the home of tennis by consistently serving at speeds around 200 km per hour as she made it to her first Grand Slam semifinal. More…