SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Department Store has announced that it will open an experiential store at Lotte World Mall this Saturday in collaboration with the local sporting goods company Tennis Metro. Unlike traditional stores that focus mainly on product sales, this store will be located on the mall’s third floor and will [...]
DUBAI, Arab Emirates, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Team Eagles, owned by BLS International Services Ltd., is participating in this season of the World Tennis League taking place from the 19th to the 24th of December 2022 in the Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai. World Tennis League is an exemplary blend of sports and entertainment, making for [...]
TURIN, Italy, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Not only tennis. Until 20 November, Turin and Piedmont are hosting the second edition of one of the most important tournaments in men’s tennis: the Nitto ATP Finals, organised by the FIT (Italian Tennis Federation) and the ATP (Association of Professional Tennis Players). However, the world’s best eight [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The past two weeks have been a dream for tennis fans in South Korea, with the WTA’s Korea Open returning to the nation’s capital for the first time in three years, immediately followed by the ATP’s own Korea Open this week for its first appearance in Seoul since 1996. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Since bursting onto the tennis scene with her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2021 U.S. Open, Emma Raducanu has fallen on some hard times, unable to pick up another win and taking a nosedive in the world rankings. The 19-year-old will look to use this week’s WTA stop [...]
LONDON and ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD) (“Sportradar” or “the Company”), the leading global sports technology company creating immersive experiences for sports fans and bettors, today announced a three-year extension to its agreement with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to serve as the ITF’s Official Data Partner. The agreement extends [...]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. and MARLBOROUGH, New Zealand, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Kim Crawford Wines today announced a new partnership that names Kim Crawford Wines as the official wine of the US Open Tennis Championships. The new, multi-year agreement commences with the 2019 Open. The No. 1-selling Sauvignon [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Chung Hyeon became the top-ranked Asian player on the ATP Tour on Monday. The 21-year-old rose three spots to reach a new career-high No. 23 in the latest men’s tennis rankings unveiled Monday. Chung reached the quarterfinals at his most recent event, the BNP Paribas Open in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of tennis rackets and related products soared sharply recently as Chung Hyeon became the first South Korean to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open last week, industry sources said Tuesday. The tennis star became the first South Korean to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam event [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon’s soaring popularity is having an impact on the sportswear industry at home. Chung has become a rising sports star in a country that has never had as successful a tennis player as him on the international stage before, as he became the first [...]