20 wheelchair tennis players from 60 countries are at the Corendon Sports Open for the second time to score points for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. In the "Corendon Sports Open" Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, which will be held for the second time this year with the name sponsorship of Corendon Airlines, which has made a name for itself with the value it adds to Turkish sports, 2 wheelchair tennis players from all over the world struggle to collect points for the 60 Paris Paralympic Games. it will.
In the Corendon Sports Open Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, which will be held for the second time in our country with the support of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Turkish Physically Disabled Sports Federation, 20 wheelchair tennis players from 60 countries will compete at Megasaray Tennis Academy to collect points for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. .
The date of the Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, sponsored by Corendon Airlines, which supports many sports branches from football to basketball, from volleyball to tennis, has a special meaning. The tournament, which will be held under the name of “Corendon Sports Open” during the 18-21 May Youth and Sports Day Week, will be hosted by Antalya Megasaray Tennis Academy.
20 athletes from 60 countries will be hosted
Antalya, which has become one of the important centers of sports tourism with the sports organizations organized in recent years, is preparing to host the world's most important wheelchair tennis players for the second time. Many important tennis players from world number 19 in women Nalani Boub to world number 40 Britta Wend, from world number 25 in men Gülhem Laget to world number 29 Ezequel Casco to collect points for the grand prize of $ 6.000 and the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. will face.
Many awards and surprises await tennis players
The winners of the tournament, which will be held for the second time this year in the Men's, Women's and Quad categories, will be awarded $6.000 in cash prizes, as well as surprise gifts from Corendon Airlines. In addition to these, tennis players who participate in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games to be held in Paris will earn points.
Corendon Airlines Open held during “Disability Week”
The highly anticipated Corendon Airlines Open was held on May 13-16, during the Disability Week. The winners of the tournament, which witnessed moments of struggle, were announced. Wheelchair tennis players who struggled to collect points for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games received their awards. In the junior category, Argentine Benjamin Jose Viana came first, while Italy's Francesco Felici came in second. Women's world number 19 Nalani Buob came first and world number 40 Brita Wend came second. In men's, French racquet Nicholas Charlier finished first. Our national wheelchair tennis player Ahmet Kaplan finished the tournament with the first place in the Quad category. Ali Ataman was the second.
The winners are as follows:
Junior:
Benjamin Jose Viana (ARG)
Francesco Felici (ITA)
Women:
Nalani Buob (SUI)
Brita Wend (GER)
Men:
Nicholas Charlier (FRA)
Hussein Hamid (IRQ)
Double Women:
Liudmila Bubnova (RUS)
Wendi Schutte (NLD)
Christina Pesendorfer (AUS)
Brita Wend (GER)
Double Men:
Nicholas Charlier (FRA)
Roland Nemeth (HUN)
Francesco Felici (ITA)
Maximilian Taucher (AUT)
Tournament Schedule:
Corendon Sports Open 2023
ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tournament
18-21 May 2023
Megasaray Tennis Academy-Belek
Tournament Schedule
18-19-20-21 May Matches will be played between 10:00-19:00
May 21 Finals 10:30 (After the finals, the cup ceremony will be held)