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National tennis center opened in Astana

National tennis center, first in the country, opened in Astana with participation of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, on Friday, the agency reports.

Astana. July 8. Kazakhstan Today - National tennis center, first in the country, opened in Astana with participation of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, on Friday, the agency reports.

The chairman of Tennis Federation of Kazakhstan Bolat Utemuratov, the chairman of Tennis Federation of Russia Shamil Tarpishev and akim of Astana Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the ceremony.

The national tennis center has been constructed for 2500 court places and 600 places - in three training courts.

Show-match with participation of the stars of world tennis Marcos Bagdatis (Cyprus) and Yanko Tipsarevich (Serbia) took place within the limits of opening of the tennis center. There were presentation of mini-tennis programs, parade with participation of stars of the Kazakhstan tennis and the national youth team. Opening of the national tennis center was dated for celebration of the 10th anniversary of Astana.

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