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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
Paradise Island, Bahamas - The Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational is underway in the Bahamas. On December 3rd a Pro-Am event was held at the Atlantis Tennis Centre.
Pro/Am main draw winners were Jeff Everett of Everkey Global and Xavier Malisse, visiting pro from Belgium. Finalists were Miles Nadal, CEO of MDC Partners and Bahamian pro and event host, Mark Knowles.
Consolation draw went to Aly Zaver of MDC Partners and pro Sabine Lisicki
Finalists were David Porzio of MDC Partners and visiting pro Jesse Levine.
That evening the pros and sponsors enjoyed a cocktail reception hosted by MDC Partners and a dinner hosted by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism at Fathom's restaurant in the Atlantis. The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture for the Bahamas was in attendance and gave remarks. Miles Nadal of MDC Partner, one of this year's major sponsors of the event also spoke.
After dinner a memorabilia auction was held, and up for bidding was a Mark Knowles racket, a Federer racket, Leyton Hewitt racket and photo, and 2 tickets for the next Wimbledon finals. All proceeds will go toward local charities. The important charity event has raised over $500,000 to date and this year is a milestone
2010 brought Andy Murray, 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, and of course Mark Knowles. Sponsors include: Atlantis Resort & Casino, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Private Bank & Trust; Pictet Bank & Trust Ltd; Serenity Point, Abaco; The Balmoral; The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism; American Airlines; The Bank of the Bahamas, Marketing & Communications Network, Everkey Global Fund, Templeton Global Advisors, Odyssey Aviation, The Bahamas Weekly, H3O and The Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture.
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 Photos by Mark DaCunha
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