final and the third round. The winner be awarded with the Red Benjarong Bowl, 16 inches in size with a beautiful golden Pikul pattern, and the second place will receive a 14-inch Thai Yellow Benjarong Bowl, with water-drop pattern, both unique to Thailand.
Mr. Suwat Liptapanlop also mentioned that after finishing the competition, the four tennis players will practice at the True Arena Tennis Court (constructed on the same standards as the Australian Open tennis court) before departing to participate in another world-class tennis tournament, with a warm up match before the first Grand Slam of the year, the “Australian Open 2018” in January in Australia. Simona Halep’s next plan will be to join the women’s professional tennis tournament in Shenzhen, China, while Kristyna Pliskova will travel to Brisbane, Australia, to participate in professional tennis matches there as well.
This extraordinary event, the “Intercontinental World Tennis Championship Thailand 2017” will be broadcast live to the world, accessible on the Tennis Channel in the US, the Tencent Sports in China, Astro in Malaysia, i-Cable in Hong Kong, MobiTV in Vietnam, Fox Sports in Australia, DSports in India, TV One in Indonesia, and Eclat/SPO TV in South Korea, among others. In Europe, there will be live broadcasts to seven countries, including Digisport in Romania, and Sportklub in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. There will also be live broadcasts to Singapore, Japan, Myanmar and Taiwan as well as to Southern Europe and the Scandinavian countries.
The results of the match selection on 23rd December, the first day, are as follows:
Simona Halep, ranked #1 in the world, meets Jelena Ostapenko
Kristyna Pliskova, from Czech, ranked #4 in the world, meets Johanna Conan
Tennis fans in Thailand can watch the match on True Visions channels such as True tennis (True 670) and True4U and via the application TrueID.
For tennis fans who would like to watch the competition up close, tickets may be purchased at Thai Ticket Major by visiting website www.thaiticketmajor.com, and are priced at THB 2,500.
Tickets will also be available at True Arena Hua Hin during 23rd – 24th December. For more information, please call 032-909-633 or visit www.truearenahuahin.com.
