It is not easy to find a sponsor for sports activities in Khanh Hoa Province. Therefore, the fact that Me Trang Coffee Joint Stock Company (Me Trang Coffee) has cooperated with Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture and Sports to organize and maintain the provincial tennis club open tournament for the past ten years is worth being encouraged.
It is not easy to find a sponsor for sports activities in Khanh Hoa Province. Therefore, the fact that Me Trang Coffee Joint Stock Company (Me Trang Coffee) has cooperated with Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture and Sports to organize and maintain the provincial tennis club open tournament for the past ten years is worth being encouraged.
Tennis movement in Khanh Hoa started to lose its strength and popularity in 2003. Financial funds were a setback for the province’s tennis movement. Tennis tournaments could not be organized as much as before due to lack of funds. After a long hiatus, Me Trang Coffee in 2009 hosted the first provincial tennis club open tournament, which was actively responded by the participants. Since then, the company has sponsored for the tournament, which is often held in early October every year. The tournament is gradually held at a larger scale; its quality has also been improved much. Up to now, the tennis club open tournament of Khanh Hoa - Me Trang Cup becomes an interesting contest for people loving playing tennis in and outside Khanh Hoa.
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The 2019 edition of the tournament took place recently at Lac Hong Sports Center. 200 players from tennis clubs across Khanh Hoa (Me Trang, Lac Hong, Nga Sport, Nha Trang Sports Center, Han Thuyen, etc.) and from Gia Lai Province and Lam Dong Province joined this year’s tournament. This was the largest number of participants the tournament has ever had.
Besides attracting many participants, the 2019 tennis club open tournament of Khanh Hoa was also supported by new sponsors, namely Sanna Khanh Hoa Beverage Joint Stock Company, Long Sinh Co., Ltd., Natural Cosmetics Company, Au Lac Thinh Conference-Wedding Center, and BIDV Khanh Hoa. The total prize value of the 2019 tournament was over VND70 million. The 2019 edition also featured the first victory of players of Me Trang Coffee in ten years. Specifically, Me Trang Coffee players won men’s doubles and were runner-up in free event’s mix doubles.
Luong The Hung, Me Trang Coffee’s chairman of the board of directors and CEO, says that the company wishes to expand the tournament to professional level and attract more tennis clubs from over the country.
An Nhien
Translated by H.N
