Editor’s Observe • Bravo Ken Thomas for shining this gentle on this fabulous occasion • Bravo Wilson Pipkin match Director! You get it. You perceive to ask and contain the neighborhood. Contain everybody. You Develop the game. As an alternative of greed and $$$ • free tennis tickets as an alternative of empty stands globally. We applaud you. Let’s see extra of this ! (LJ)
Day 2Koser Jeweler Tennis Problem$100,000 – USTA Ladies’s Professional Circuit EventLive from the Hempfield rec CenterLandisville, Pennsylvania
August 6, 20247:30 AM USA Pacific – 10:30 AM USA Japanese
Ken Thomas’ Fast Take“I like this match and right here’s why….the sense of neighborhood surrounding this match is superb. Each match talks about reaching out to the neighborhood however the Koser Jeweler Problem delivers on it. This match has 135 native sponsors. No match in the US has that deep of a sponsorship base. The sponsors vary from the title sponsor Koser Jeweler, to medical doctors, contractors, banks, mechanics, knowledge facilities, automotive dealerships, medical facilities and even the native rice and noodle restaurant. Due to these sponsors, the match prices no admission charge to the general public. This match has mastered the artwork of bringing a neighborhood collectively. If you wish to see world-class gamers up-close and free of charge…the Koser Jeweler Problem is the place to be.”
Pictured above is the #1 seed, Renetta Zarazua of Mexico. She is presently ranked #95 on the planet and she or he simply turned the primary Mexican participant to play Middle Courtroom Wimbledon within the Open Period. It is a participant that has been working onerous for years.
I first noticed her play at a small prize cash match in Austin, Texas through the COVID years. Once I just lately turned on the TV and noticed her taking part in Emma Raducanu (GBR) on Middle Courtroom Wimbledon, my first thought was “good for you woman…you earned it”. Mexico must be very happy with her. Zarazua has methodically labored her manner into the Prime 100 on the planet and she or he’s the participant to beat this week in Landisville.
In the event you can’t make the US Open this 12 months and you reside within the Center States space, the Midwest or the Northeast hall of the US, this match is ideal for you. Two hours from New York, three hours from Pittsburgh, two hours from Washington DC. You actually ought to hop in your automotive and test it out this weekend. It’s an exquisite world-class match that received’t break your price range. The match ends on Sunday, August eleventh.
A fast shout-out to the Event Director, Wilson Pipkin. He put this match collectively seventeen years in the past as a $10,000 occasion. Right this moment it’s a $100,000 occasion and is taken into account probably the greatest USTA Professional Circuit occasions within the nation. The Koser Problem is a vital a part of the American onerous courtroom season. Congrats to Wilson and his total Landisville workforce.
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