Three Futures tennis tournaments in the pipeline
The three events will be sponsored by Digicall and will run consecutively at the Maties Tennis Club.
TENNIS South Africa (TSA) announced that Boland Tennis will be hosting three Futures events carrying prize money in excess of R800 000 during November 2015.
The three events will be sponsored by Digicall and will run consecutively at the Maties Tennis Club, Coetzenburg Sport Grounds and at the University of Stellenbosch. There will be singles and doubles draws for both men and women.
Each of the men’s and women’s events will have prize money of R134 000. The Digicall Futures circuit is thus worth over R800 000.
The qualifying tournaments will start on October 31 and all the main draws will comprise of 32 competitors. The main draw for the first of the Digicall Futures will start on Tuesday, November 3, with the final scheduled for Sunday, November 8.
The mains draws for the second event begin on Tuesday, November 10, with the finals on Sunday, November 15. The final Futures event will start on Tuesday, November 17 and end on Sunday, November 22.
“With the Rand under pressure it makes events like the Digicall Futures circuit vital for all our local players because it gives them the opportunity to gain ranking points on home soil,” said TSA president and acting CEO, Gavin Crookes.
“It also gives them the opportunity to play against international competition to gauge how strong the competition is out there.”
