Nominations announced for 2014 ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship

Nominations announced for 2014 ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship

The ITF today announced the nominations for the 2014 ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship at Russia’s National Tennis Centre in Moscow on 17-20 July. The event is being hosted by the Russian Tennis Federation for the third year running. Brazil will defend its title, having defeated 2012 champion Italy in the 2013 final.

The Team Championship is a mixed competition in which nations compete against each other on a knock-out basis. Each team will be comprised of two men and two women, with ties consisting of a men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles rubber.

A record 25 teams will take part in the 2014 championship, an increase of five teams on 2013. The nominations include seven former Davis Cup and Fed Cup players, including Brazil’s defending champion Joana Cortez; Olga Barabanschikova and Natalia Zvereva of Belarus; Petros Baghdatis, Christopher Koutrouzas and Andria Tsaggaridou of Cyprus; and Maret Ani of Estonia.

The Team Championship joins the individual ITF Beach Tennis World Championships as the flagship events on the ITF Beach Tennis Tour. Since the launch of the Tour in 2008, worldwide participation has continued to grow each year. The 2014 Tour will see around 200 events held in 37 countries, while 54 nations are currently represented in the ITF Beach Tennis World Rankings.

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ITF Communications

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Email: communications@itftennis.com

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