Tennis Nishikori Net game tournament participation Support for infectious disease measures April 22 0: 1
Kei Nishikori will participate in the tennis game tournament on the Internet, which will be held from the 27th of this month, for the purpose of supporting measures against infectious diseases of the new coronavirus.
A tennis tournament was planned for next month in Madrid, Spain, but it was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
In response to this, the tournament organizer will hold a tennis game tournament using the Internet for four days from the 27th of this month, and it was announced that Nishikori will participate in this tournament on the 21st.
The winning prize of the game tournament is 150,000 euros, part of which is used to support players who are in financial difficulty, and 50,000 euros will be donated to prevent infectious diseases in addition to the prize money.
Sixteen men and women, including Nishikori, will participate in this tournament from the home through the Internet, including Nadal from Spain, who is second in the world for men, and Carolina Priscova, Czech who is third in the world for women. is.
"We are looking forward to contributing to the tournament through such a unique experience. We all look forward to returning to our normal state, but at home, we can watch the game through the official SNS of the tournament." I think it is necessary to entertain fans in this way while they are there. ”