From:TheBahamasWeekly.com
10th Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational Exhibition, December 4th
By The Bahamas Weekly News Team
Nov 20, 2010 - 5:49:11 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Mark Knowles will hold his 10th annual
Mark Knowles Celebrity
Tennis Invitational from
December
2nd - 5th 2010 at the Atlantis Resort & Casino and other locations.
This event was started by Mark
in 2001 to raise money specifically for local children’s charities
and just 4 tennis professionals competed in this first event.
Since then it has grown by leaps and bounds and the donations to these
children’s charities has now reached the very notable milestone figure
of $500,000.
Since that first year many
more famous players have been attracted and have come to enjoy visiting
The Bahamas and compete in the event. These include: Andre Agassi,
James Blake, Bob & Mike Bryan, Jim Courier, Jennifer Capriati, Robbie
Ginepri, Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Fred Stolle and Nicole Vaidisova.
On this the 10th Anniversary, the response from the touring
tennis professionals has once again been stupendous and details of the
names of these and other special guests will be released shortly.
2010 brings Xavier Malisse, Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Olga Savchuk, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Sabine Lisicki, Robert 'Bobby' Reynolds, Amer Delic, Alex Kuznetsov, Jesse Levine, Filip Krajinokov, Ryan Sweeting, Brent Haygarth, Oliver Marach, Don Johnson, nd of course Mark Knowles.
The format for the tournament
includes a Pro/Am doubles tournament for Platinum sponsors, a Pro Exhibition
match and there will also be an exciting opportunity for our top Bahamian
juniors to interact on court with the visiting professionals.
The Exhibition will be
held on
Saturday, December 4th at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, National
Tennis Centre at 3pm.
Sponsors include:
About the Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational: The
Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational is a Charity Event hosted by
Mark. It was first held in 2001. The event is held in December at the
National Tennis Centre in Nassau (New Providence), Bahamas. The purpose
of the event is to raise money for various charities, such as The
Sassoon Pediatric Heart Foundation, The Cancer Society, The Association
of the Physically Disabled, The Childrens Emergency Hospital, The Boy
Scouts of Bahamas, The Special Olympics and scholarships for promising
junior tennis players. Visit:
www.knowlzee.com