World premiere at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix: the Fed Cup World Group play-off between Germany and USA will be held in Stuttgart’s Porsche Arena simultaneously with the opening of the long established tournament on 16 and 17 April 2011. The winner will be promoted to the group containing the world’s top eight tennis nations. It is the first time that a Fed Cup match will be staged in conjunction with the qualifying weekend of a WTA tournament. The Fed Cup for women is the counterpart of the men’s Davis Cup.
“We’re delighted the ITF and WTA have taken up our offer and that we can celebrate the premiere in Stuttgart,” said Markus Günthardt, tournament director of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. “The duel between Germany and USA is a real highlight and therefore a worthy way to kick-off our tournament.”
Alongside the Dane Caroline Wozniacki, the current world No 1, six other Top 10 players have entered the 34th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Andrea Petkovic and Julia Görges, upon whom German hopes will rest in their match against USA, will also be competing in the Easter week for the 721,000 dollars prize money and the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet. In addition to the Fed Cup play-off and the world’s best women players, spectators in the Porsche Arena can also look forward to the Berenberg Bank Classics, an exhibition match between the tennis icons Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander, on Monday 18 April.
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix will take place from 16 – 24 April 2011 in the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. Tickets for the world class tournament are available from Easy Ticket Service (Telephone +49 (0) 711-2555 555, Internet www.easyticket.de).
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