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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
(Photos) 11th Annual Mark Knowles Charity Event Raises $150,000 - Dec 9, 2011 - 5:32:49 AM
NASSAU,
Bahamas - Former US Open men's champion and world No. 14 Andy Roddick
headlined a field of tennis stars at the 11th annual Mark Knowles
Celebrity Tennis Invitational that raised $150,000 for local charities
this past weekend at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. The event,
which entertained a record spectator crowd, has now eclipsed $800,000 in
total donations.
Roddick was slated to participate in 2009 but
was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was excited to make his debut
appearance at the annual event. "It's for a worthy cause, so I'm just
glad to be here," the American told The Bahamas Tribune...
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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational Exhibition, December 3rd - Dec 1, 2011 - 6:15:26 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamian tennis star
Mark Knowles is pleased to announce
the annual
Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational will be held on
1-4 December 2011 at the Atlantis Resort & Casino by Presenting
Sponsor, MDC-Partners, and organized by the Mark Knowles Management
Group (MKMG).
This year’s featured players
are
Andy Roddick,
Xavier Malisse, and
Sabine Lisicki.
The
Exhibition is open to the public and will be held at the Atlantis Tennis Center on Paradise Island at
3pm on Saturday, December 3rd...
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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
Bahamas Buzz – Murray’s Presence Well-Received at Knowles’ Annual Charity Event - Dec 8, 2010 - 10:20:56 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
The 10th annual
Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational proved to be a hit this weekend,
with Scotland’s Andy Murray giving the banner-year event the buzz
it was looking for.
The exhibition, which took
place Saturday afternoon at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre was the
main attraction of the annual event. Murray, whom opted to fly the same
day, had a rough start to his hectic Saturday, as he was awakened for
a surprise drug test at six in the morning back in the United Kingdom...
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Murray Headlines Field at 10th Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational - Dec 4, 2010 - 10:14:50 AM
 NASSAU, The Bahamas – Pending
wild, wacky weather back in the United Kingdom, the 10th annual Mark
Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational will host one of tennis’ biggest
stars in recent years.
World number four Andy Murray
is scheduled to play in Saturday’s
3 p.m. exhibition event at the
Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre on
December 4th, but will have to defeat someone other
than Rafael Nadal to get to The Bahamas – he’ll be battling unfavorable
weather conditions which have caused travel delays throughout the United
Kingdom the past few days...
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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
Tennis pros welcomed at the 10th annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Invitational - Dec 3, 2010 - 2:06:19 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
Taking time out of their busy schedule, international tennis pros are on
island in Nassau to participate in the Mark Knowles Tennis Invitational
this weekend. The important charity event has raised $500,000 to date
and this year is a milestone 10th and tennis action will be at its best
for the public exhibition set for Saturday, December 4th at 3:00pm at
the National Tennis Centre.
The pros, along with sponsors and
supporters of the event gathered for a welcome cocktail buffet party at Provence in
Sandyport on Thursday evening...
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Great Scots - Andy Murray for Mark Knowles Celebrity Invitational - Dec 1, 2010 - 9:29:53 AM
Nassau, Bahamas -
Mark is pleased to announce the exciting news that
Andy Murray has booked his flights from the U.K. to come to take part
in the Exhibition on Saturday 4th December at the National
Tennis Centre. Mark and the event organizers have their fingers
crossed that the snowstorms, which have blanketed Scotland and the U.K.
in the last few days, ease up and air travel operates on schedule for
Andy.
Andy said yesterday that he can’t wait
to escape the sub zero temperatures and land in the sunny Bahamas...
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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
Young Guns to battle this weekend at the Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational - Nov 29, 2010 - 8:30:39 AM
Nassau, Bahamas -
This year the
Mark Knowles Celebrity
Tennis Invitational
will be held from December 2nd to the 5th, and
the public always have the opportunity to attend the Pro Exhibition
for exciting tennis action with visiting pros.
The Exhibition will be
held on
Saturday, December 4th at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, National
Tennis Centre at 3pm.
Bahamian pro Mark Knowles will be welcoming young guns Robert 'Bobby' Reynolds, Amer Delic, Jesse Levine, Filip Krajinovic, and Ryan Sweeting among others.
Alex
Kuznetsov is 23 years old, and was born in Kiev, Ukraine. His highest
singles ranking was #158. His father, Yuri, is a tennis coach, and his
grandfather was a Ukrainian handball champion. Alex started playing
tennis at age 6...
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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
WTA Glamour Girls are showing up for the Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational - Nov 25, 2010 - 11:38:42 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Not
content to let their male counterparts
enjoy all the fun in the sun in The Bahamas, this year’s Mark Knowles
Celebrity Invitational charity event from December 2nd to 5th has
drawn 3 repeat female participants; Anna Lena
Groenefeld, Sabine Lisicki and Olga
Savchuk and a new face, U.S. Federation Cup team heroine,
Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands is one of the
brightest tennis stars on the WTA Tour and at the perfect age of just
26, she is the future of American tennis.
Mattek-Sands has been
playing some of the best tennis of her career having reached an all
time high singles ranking of #37 by the start of her 2009 season...
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(VIDEO) Countdown to Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational 2010 - Nov 25, 2010 - 6:01:03 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - With the next
Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational taking place from
December 2nd - 5th, 2010 in Nassau.
The Bahamas Weekly proudly presents a video flashback to the
2009 where you'll hear from Mark himself and see the pros hit it out at the Atlantis Tennis Center and the National Tennis Center. In this video you will experience the excitement and enthusiasm generated in the Bahamian youth who attended this amazing charitable event founded by Mark Knowles in 2001 to raise money for local children’s charities...
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Tenth Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational set for December 2nd to 5th - Oct 20, 2010 - 6:35:06 AM
 Nassau, Bahamas -
Mark Knowles is pleased to
announce that plans are well underway for his annual
Mark Knowles Celebrity
Tennis Invitational. This year the tournament will be held
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.
This year, on
our tenth anniversary,
we are also very pleased to announce that a new sponsor, MDC Partners,
an international Marketing & Communications Network, will join with
our other sponsors to give us their support. Our major sponsors
to date include:
Atlantis Resort & Casino,
Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Private Bank & Trust; Pictet
Bank & Trust Ltd; Serenity Point, Abaco; The Balmoral...
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Bahamian tennis pro, Mark Knowles launches new website: Knowlzee.com - Jun 21, 2010 - 9:28:41 AM
Five time Olympian and Bahamian tennis pro, Mark Knowles announces the launch of his new website, www.knowlzee.com.
"Knowlzee" is Mark's longtime nickname, used by both fans and friends.
The domain name change was decided to avoid confusion with a popular fitness trainer of the same name; and
the nickname is easy to remember, offers a shorter URL address and ultimately, provides branding opportunities for Mark's Fan Club which was debuted in the summer of 2008, "Knowlzee's Knockouts"...
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Mark and Mardy having a tough go, Bruno partners with Mark - Apr 16, 2010 - 11:07:57 AM
Bahamian tennis pro Mark Knowles
started the season with his new doubles partner
Mardy Fish and the duo got off to bit of a
shaky start and managed to play in four tournaments together. Knowles
had a couple injuries he was dealing with and then Fish injured his hip
at
the U.S.
Men's Clay Court Championships in Texas and now will sit out the
remainder of the clay court season.
Mark
Knowles sent The Bahamas Weekly the following comments after Mardy's
injury,
"This season
has been full of misfortunes. My injury caused us to miss the
Australian hard-court season, one of my favorite times of the year, and
then my calf acted up in my first match back in Memphis. Now, in our
first tournament of the clay court season, Mardy incurs an injury that
will keep him out until the French Open. It's like someone has placed a
hex on us, so it's definitely been frustrating..."
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Mark Knowles back on the court with new Doubles partner Mardy Fish - Feb 16, 2010 - 10:38:51 PM
Mark Knowles, Bahamian pro tennis player is back on the courts this week at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships
and the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee.
Knowles' new doubles partner, American Mardy Fish, are the tournament's defending champions, winning over Travis Parrot and Filip
Polasek last year.
"I'm
really excited to team up with Mardy full time. We've played together
at a couple events the past few seasons and found immediate success, so
there's definitely a lot to look forward to. The combination of his
powerful serve and ground-strokes with my hands at the net should prove
to be victorious,"
said Mark Knowles...
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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
Results of the 2009 Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational and Exhibition - Dec 10, 2009 - 10:52:29 PM
Nassau,
Bahamas - A fabulous time was had by all as the weekend’s activities
drew to a close on Saturday afternoon, December 5th at the National
Tennis Centre.
The 3 day Invitational started off with a wonderful Cocktail Buffet Party hosted by the Balmoral Club on 3rd December.
The developers, Jason Kinsale and Raimond Zeilstra, staged a spectacular
buffet and cocktail party which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The
Calcutta auction of the teams playing in the ProAm on Friday, 4th December was heartily supported by
many tennis fans, including Sarkis and Katie Izmirlian, Pippa and
Peter Vlasov, Mark Holowesko, Laurent Colli, Christian Coquoz and
Antonia Meade...
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Junior player from Eleuthera says 'Thank you' to Mark Knowles - Dec 9, 2009 - 3:27:48 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Young twelve year old tennis player, Dylan Walker had the golden opportunity to travel courtesy of the Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational to New Providence to participate in the 'Hit with the Pros' segment of the exhibition on Saturday, December 5th at the Bahamas National Tennis Center.
Stephen Turnquest, BLTA President, said that they wanted
to include some representation from islands other than New Providence
as so often they get neglected due to travel expenses etc and he is
extremely grateful that the MKCTI is underwriting their airfares.
Enclosed are photos and a personal note from Dylan Walker of Eleuthera...
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Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational
(VIDEO/PHOTOS) Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational Day 1 - Dec 8, 2009 - 6:52:36 PM
Nassau,
Bahamas -
Friday, December 4th, 2009 The Bahamas Weekly News Team traveled to
Nassau to cover the 1st day of The 9th Annual Mark Knowles Celebrity
Tennis Invitational as amateur players got the prized opportunity to
play with Mark Knowles and his professional associates at The Atlantis
Tennis Center.
The Bahamas Weekly News Team is proud to present some of the action on
the court along with interviews with pro players; Mark Knowles,
Anna-Lena Groenefeld,
Olga Savchuk and
Benjamin Becker...
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