NEC Corporation : NEC Announces the Start of the Australian Open (), Part of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour
January 24, 2012 at 07:50 pm
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Tokyo, January 24, 2012 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701)
announced today the start of the Australian Open on January
25, 2012, one of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour's grand
slam events, organized by the International Tennis
Federation and featuring 20 of the world's top
wheelchair tennis players.
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Event Name: Australian Open, one of the NEC Wheelchair
Tennis Tour's grand slam events
Period: From 25 January through 28 January, 2012
Venue: Melbourne park (address: Melbourne Park, Batman
Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria)
Organizer: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) and
Tennis Australia
The 2012 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour started on January 5,
2012, with the Queensland Open in Australia. This year, as
many as 173 tournaments will be held in 45 countries, with
total prize money of more than one million US dollars.
The operations of wheelchair tennis are overseen by the
ITF, which updates the sport's rankings each week. The
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, also organized by The ITF,
consists of numerous competitions that include The Grand
Slam Series, The Masters Series, The ITF-1 Series, The
ITF-2 Series, The ITF-3 Series and ITF-Future Series.
Following the US Open in October, groups of the top ranked
athletes from each division compete in November at the NEC
Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Belgium.
More than sixty national wheelchair tennis associations are
currently members of the International Tennis
Federation.
Approximately 900 athletes compete for positioning in the
ITF's wheelchair tennis world rankings.
The NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour is part of the NEC
Make-a-Difference Drive of volunteer opportunities for NEC
employees. NEC members volunteer for the Tour in such
positions as linespersons, ballpersons and
interpreters.
Looking forward, NEC will continue to develop its role in
the Wheelchair Tennis Tour as part of becoming a leading
global company that leverages the power of innovation to
realize an information society friendly to people and the
earth.
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