Busy schedule for tennis stars in Hua Hin
Four top 10 players led by No 1 Simona Halep will have a pre-season test in Hua Hin next week and take part in several activities to boost local tourism.
The Romanian along with No 4 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, No 7 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia and No 9 Johanna Konta of Great Britian will play a two-day exhibition at the True Arena Hua Hin between December 23- 24.
The four players will start their promotional activity by showing their culinary skills on December 22 and take part in a press conference in the evening.
On December 23, they will take part in the alms giving ceremony on the beach at 7.30am and open a tennis clinic for Thai youngsters at 10am.
Halep and Konta will square off in the first friendly match at 6.30pm followed by the fight between the reigning French Open champion Konta and the 2016 US Open finalist Pliskova.
On December 24, the foursome will visit several tourist spots in the beach resort before resume their tennis actions in the evening. The third place match is due at 6pm, followed by the final. A Christmas party is for the players after that.
Fans can watch live coverage of the exhibition at True670 while tickets, BT2,500 each, can be purchased at www.thaiticketmajor.com or call 032-909-633.
