Free Admission to Tennis

By Katarina Tepesh

Free admission to the US Open Qualifying Tournament matches, starting Tuesday, August 22 – Friday, August 25, 2006. Gates open at 10:00 am at the USTA National Tennis Center.

Also, free admission to Open Practice Day on Sunday, August 27, 2006; Gates open at 11:00 am. Come see your favorite Croatian tennis star up close and personal as they practice for the 2006 US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IVAN LJUBICIC ranked #4 best in the world, MARIO ANCIC #8, KAROLINA SPREM #47, IVO KARLOVIC #67, JELENA KOSTANIC #71, IVANA LISJAK #106, ROKO KARANUSIC #147, IVANA ABRAMOVIC #182, SASA TUKSAR #192, MARIN CILIC #197 former #1 Junior Champion, SANJA VRLJIC #213, TOMISLAV PERIC #241, LUKA BELIC #270 former #13 among Juniors, SANJA ANCIC #275, NIKA OZEGOVIC #297, ZELJKO KRAJAN, LOVRO ZOVKO and others.

The International Tennis Federation lists 591 players from Croatia. Competing among Juniors will be PETAR JELINIC, JOSKO TOPIC, and others.

Come see Croatian tennis stars at the largest tennis tournament in the United States: The US OPEN, Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York starts on August 28 – September 10, 2006. Prize money is rising from last year and the Men’s and Women’s singles champions will each get a record $1.2 million.

To purchase tickets for 2005 US OPEN, go to TicketMaster.com or call TicketMaster at 1-866-OPEN-TIX

Tickets are available for groups of 25 or more. One Free Ticket for every 25 tickets purchased per session. Call 718-760-6200 menu option #1.

The US Open is the highest annually attended sporting event in the world with more than 659,538 fans. More than 86 million viewers watched the US Open on CBS and USA Network, and international broadcasts reached 199 countries. For more info see www.usopen.org

Transportation:

Subway at Grand Central Station/Times Square take Flushing bound IRT number 7 train to Willets Point-Shea Stadium stop.

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