Azerbaijan to host "Baku Cup" women tennis tournament

The Azerbaijani Tennis Federation announced that on June 16-24, the Baku Tennis Academy will host international "Baku Cup" tournament among women in WTA series, the first such international tournament in the South Caucasus.

According to the federation, the tournament will bring together players from 16 countries including high-ranking tennis players in the world rating such as Vera Zvonareva (3rd), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14th) and Ekaterina Makarova (29th). Azerbaijan will be represented by 16-year-old Kamila Farhad.

The prize fund of the tournament is amounted $220,000. Baku Cup is planned to become a conventional tournament to be held in the 30th week each year.


/Vesti.az/