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    <description>The WTA International tournament, sponsored by insurance giants Prudential, will be held for the second time from October 10 to 18 at Victoria Park tennis stadium. Boasting prize money of US$250,000, the event has attracted seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams. She will be joined by Jelena Jankovic, Samantha Stosur, Angelique Kerber, Alize Cornet and Caroline Garcia. Hong Kong No 1 Zhang Ling has been handed a wild card into the main draw. The 2014 edition, which marked the return of...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong’s biggest tennis event received a lift yesterday with Prudential confirming that it would sponsor the tournament for a third straight year.
The Hong Kong Open, featuring some of the top names in women’s tennis and part of the WTA tour, will take place from October 8-16 at Victoria Park.
“We would like to thank Prudential for its vital title sponsorship in 2016 and its continuous support over the last two years,” said Chris Lai, chief executive of the Hong Kong Tennis...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Back again: Prudential confirms partnership as Hong Kong Tennis Open sponsor</title>
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      <description>Organisers aim to transform the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open into the premier stopover on the WTA Tour's International Series and develop an identity similar to the grand slams, says a HKTA executive.
Michael Cheng, chairman of the Hong Kong Tennis Association's executive committee, said organisers were ahead of schedule with a long-term target of making the Hong Kong event an important stop on the WTA tour.
"People know that Wimbledon is in July, and that the Australian Open is at the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Jelena Jankovic proved to the world - and herself - that she can still mix it with the top 10 at the US$250,000 Prudential Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park.
The world number 22 from Serbia fought back from a set and 6-5 down to defeat world number seven Angelique Kerber of Germany 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 in the final on Sunday night.
"I think I proved that I can play at the top level," said the 30-year-old Jankovic.
"Beating Venus [on Saturday] was a great win for me, and then tonight beating...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>'I can still beat the best': Jelena Jankovic crowned champion at Hong Kong Tennis Open </title>
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      <description>It's time. The players are out warming-up on a blissfully warm Hong Kong evening at Victoria Park.
The introductions are done, we're just about ready for play to get underway
It's been a fantastic week of tennis at Victoria Park this week, we should be treated to a classic of a final if both players show the same form they have done throughout the competition.
Centre court is quickly filling up. The queues outside suggest that this is the hottest ticket in town today. People still making their...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Jelena Jankovic wins the Hong Kong Tennis Open with a three-set win over Angelique Kerber</title>
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      <description>Centre court sizzled at Victoria Park yesterday as Angelique Kerber and Jelena Jankovic confirmed their places in the final of the Prudential Hong Kong Open with scintillating displays.
With the afternoon sun blazing down, Kerber was first up and inflicted a dominating 6-2, 6-2 win on the luckless Samantha Stosur.
Later, in front of the first full house of the week at the US$250,000 tournament, Venus Williams' run was ended 6-4, 7-5 by fourth seed Jelena Jankovic.
I felt like I was actually...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Angelique Kerber sets up final Hong Kong Open showdown with Jelena Jankovic </title>
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That feeling of "oh, no, not again" was impossible for organisers to ignore in the build-up to the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open. No sooner had Tropical Depression Mujigae (she bristled at being called a "typhoon") finally wound her merry way past Hong Kong than another storm was brewing for the returning tennis showpiece.
The tournament, which has enjoyed an encouragingly successful sophomore outing at Victoria Park, was blighted by player withdrawals right up until the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2015 13:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Brave-faced HKTA makes the best of star-studded withdrawals from Prudential Hong Kong Open</title>
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      <description>Welcome to a scorching Victoria Park where a heaving centre court is preparing for the second of today's semi-final clashes.
Angelique Kerber already secured her place in the final. Next up is Jelena Jankovic against Venus Williams.
Venus Williams will serve first.

6.40pm
Jelena Jankovic defeats Venus Williams 6-4, 7-5
Williams has to break serve to stay in the match, and it's progressed to 30-30. Willaims returns into the net, and it's match point for Jankovic! She's done it. The Serbian has...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2015 07:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Australia's Samantha Stosur shook off the errors to produce an emphatic finish in her quarter-final against Britain's Heather Watson to progress to the last four of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open yesterday.
A shock seemed to be on the cards when world No 61 Watson took the first set 6-4. And when the 23-year-old moved into a 3-1 lead in the second set, the tournament's first major upset looked like it was unfolding.

WATCH: Highlights of Sam Stosur's quarter-final match
But Stosur had...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Organisers of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open at Victoria Park got the best result they could have hoped for yesterday as the seeded stars on show held up their end of the bargain to make it into the last eight.
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams dominated China's Wang Yafan 6-0, 6-2 to keep her hopes of a late charge to Singapore for the end-of-season WTA Finals soirée alive.
The American took out world No 143 Wang in devastating fashion, wrapping up the match in just 63 minutes...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Nerves get better of China's Wang Yafan against Venus Williams at Hong Kong Open</title>
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      <description>Canadian starlet Eugenie Bouchard has filed a lawsuit against the United States Tennis Association after she slipped and fell in a locker room during the US Open, picking up an injury that led to her withdrawal from the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open.
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in US District Court in Brooklyn, New York, Bouchard claimed her fall was caused by a “slippery, foreign and dangerous substance” on the floor.
Ms Bouchard entered the physiotherapy room of the women’s locker room...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Eugenie Bouchard sues over US Open injury that forced her to miss Hong Kong Tennis Open</title>
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      <description>So far, so good for the seeded players at the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open as Jelena Jankovic, Daria Gavrilova and Samantha Stosur all secured safe passage into the quarter-finals at Victoria Park yesterday.
Fourth-seeded Jankovic booked her place in the last eight of the US$250,000 event in assured style as she completed a 6-0, 6-2 win against outclassed Russian-born Australian Anastasia Rodionova.
With qualifiers and long shots beginning to fall away, the Serbian said her approach would...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong's only participant in the singles event at the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open fell at the first hurdle on a sun-drenched day at Victoria Park on Tuesday as Zhang Ling went down in two sets to Japan's Kurumi Nara.
Meanwhile, third seed Venus Williams was forced to dig deep to overcome lucky loser qualifier Yuliya Beygelzimer.

WATCH: Highlights of Venus Williams' opening round thriller at the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open
[Beygelzimer] came out and for sure played the match of her...</description>
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      <description>It's not all business at Victoria Park this week. In an effort to cultivate the next generation of tennis stars, organisers have arranged a series of events for the public with WTA stars signing autographs, offering advice and and even having a hit-out on court. 
As series of community engagement events and tennis clinics for youngsters concluded with Kids' Day - a part of the Tennis Rocks initiative that the Hong Kong Tennis Association is supporting in association with the Hong Kong Tennis...</description>
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      <description>"People's Monday" attracted an enthusiastic crowd to Victoria Park yesterday as organisers allowed the public free access to the tournament grounds to get their first sighting of this year's main draw and a taster for the heavyweights who are set to join the action today.
On a day when the biggest names involved this week were catching up on some well-earned rest after exploits on the mainland in the run-up to the US$250,000 Prudential Hong Kong Open, spectators were still treated to some...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams has been visiting Hong Kong since she was 18 years old. This year she returns after a short absence to headline the US$250,000 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open, starting at Victoria Park on Monday.
Of her fondness for the city, the five-time Wimbledon singles champion says: "Honestly, after the [US] Open, I was so excited - I couldn't wait to come back out here and play. And I usually don't feel like that at the end of the season. Usually at the end of...</description>
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      <description>Top seed Garbine Muguruza pulled out of the Prudential Hong Kong Open on Sunday night - just hours after winning the China Open in Beijing. 
The Spaniard said she had an ankle problem as she became the latest player to withdraw at the end of a gruelling season.  Eugenie Bouchard, defending champion Sabine Lisicki and Victoria Azarenka were also casualties.
Muguruza, who turned 22 last week, retired from the Wuhan Open final against Venus Williams just a week ago, citing exhaustion.
By winning in...</description>
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      <description>Seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams knows the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open represents her last chance to make the WTA Finals in Singapore this season, but recognises this hurdle will be a huge test at the end of a stellar campaign.
A deep run into the the Hong Kong Open draw could earn the 35-year-old enough points on the Road to Singapore standings to make the lucrative end-of-season showdown.
There's a really strong field here. I hope to be one of the top eight. This is my last...</description>
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      <description>A hectic WTA schedule is taking its toll on the leading players, says Serbian ace Jelena Jankovic.
The former world No 1, who has endured a catalogue of injury problems, says the length of the season, coupled with the extra demands of top-class tennis, is having an adverse affect on the health of players.
"It's very demanding and very tough to be playing from January to November," said the Serb ahead of today's draw for the opening round of the US$250,000 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open at...</description>
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      <description>Injuries have hit the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open line-up again, with tournament organisers receiving confirmation of two more withdrawals - Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
But the confirmation of stars Francesca Schiavone, Angelique Kerber and Jelena Jankovic has bolstered the line-up for the US$250,000 WTA International Series event.
World No 23, Azarenka has been hampered by an ongoing injury to her left leg, which forced her to retire from the Wuhan Open last...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Eugenie Bouchard's concussion nightmare extended into the China Open yesterday as she felt faint and tearfully retired in the first round - shortly after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was also struck by dizzy spells.
Bouchard has not played since she slammed her head in a locker-room fall at the US Open, and she lasted just 10 games against Andrea Petkovic before feeling dizzy and having her blood pressure checked.
The Canadian sobbed into her towel and was comforted by Petkovic before she rose and walked...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>After more than two decades on the professional tennis circuit, Venus Williams is on an upswing and shows little sign of slowing, turning in one of her strongest seasons in years.
The American veteran heads to Hong Kong next week after taking the crown at the Wuhan Open Saturday – her biggest win since 2010 and her 47th career title – when Garbine Muguruza retired in the second set.
“I know I had my chances. But I knew with Venus, it’s hard. With her serve, with her shots, if you’re not 100 per...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2015 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Organisers of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open are keeping their fingers crossed Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard recovers from a lingering concussion in time for the tournament after losing defending champion Sabine Lisicki through injury.
And there was another worrying sight as former world number one Victoria Azarenka became the latest player to suffer an injury blow.  
I will rest in Wuhan for the next few days to determine how I progress
Eugenie Bouchard 
After Bouchard's withdrawal from...</description>
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      <description>Lynn Zhang Ling knows all about the gulf between the public's perception of a tennis professional's life and the actual day-to-day realities for most players on the circuit.
What we see and read about mostly are the days and nights of glory and the feasts of riches for those at the top end of the game. What hardly rates a mention is the events that provide the pure bread and butter of a living for the likes of 25-year-old Zhang and others ranked in the game's farthest reaches.
There are smaller...</description>
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      <description>It's a quiet midweek evening at Victoria Park with the action mostly taking place on the outside courts as willing youngsters chase down balls flying in all directions.
Walk inside the main stadium and you'll find centre court standing almost deserted, save for a few dedicated parents supporting some of the city's rising stars as they wait to take turns in a promotional session being shot with Yan Zi, the now Hong Kong-based Chinese former player and history maker as a two-time grand slam...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Two years after her retirement, China's tennis grand slam doubles champion Yan Zi is back in the game - not as a player, but as assistant tournament director for next month's Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open.
Yan, who made history by winning doubles titles at the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships with childhood friend Zheng Jie, is helping to raise the tournament's profile.
"Last year, I was in the spectator stand to support Zheng when she came to play," Yan said at a "Tennis Fun...</description>
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      <description>Hard-hitting former US Open winner Samantha Stosur is looking for a big finish to the season after joining the line-up for next month’s US$250,000 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open.
I have been lucky enough to play in Hong Kong before. It is such a vibrant city with so much to do
Samantha Stosur
The 31-year-old Australian has added her name to a star-studded draw that includes fellow grand slam tournament winners Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka, and returning champion Sabine Lisicki. “I am...</description>
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      <description>Eugenie Bouchard’s revitalising run at the US Open is over after she slipped and fell in the locker room.
The Canadian star could now be a doubt for the Hong Kong Tennis Open next month. She controversially withdrew from last year’s inaugural event.
Bouchard was diagnosed with a concussion after falling in the locker room at Flushing Meadow.

She was hurt Friday and pulled out of two doubles matches Saturday, hoping to still play in singles. But tournament officials announced Sunday that she had...</description>
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      <description>Organisers delivered on their promise of a bigger and better line-up as they unveiled a quartet of big names on Monday for the 2015 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open in October.
Two-time grand slam winner Victoria Azarenka and rising Spanish star Garbine Muguruza will be joined by Canadian pin-up Eugenie Bouchard and France’s Alize Cornet at the US$250,000 event at Victoria Park from October 12-18.
Seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams, defending champion Sabine Lisicki, of Germany, and...</description>
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      <description>American star Venus Williams will again light up Victoria Park in October when she joins a strong line-up for the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open. 
The 35-year-old seven-time grand slam winner, who has been a regular visitor to Hong Kong, will compete in the US$250,000 tournament alongside defending champion Sabine Lisicki and rising French star Caroline Garcia in the October 12-18 event.
“Venus is a tennis icon and one of the biggest names in the sport,” said Chris Lai, tournament director and...</description>
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      <description>Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki will return to defend her title at the Hong Kong Open in October, with organisers hoping to announce more big names for the city's showpiece annual event at Victoria Park.
The German world number 22 will be joined by France's 36th-ranked Caroline Garcia for the October 10-18 WTA international series event, which offers prize money of US$250,000.
Sabine will be among a very competitive field and we can expect some high-quality tennis at Victoria Park
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      <description>Tennis is celebrating a multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal which will help attract some of the world’s best female players to the Hong Kong Tennis Open – and boost the game across the city.
Insurance giant Prudential will return as title sponsor for the October 12-18 event at Victoria Park, and will also back the Hong Kong Tennis Association in its various leagues and development programmes.
HKTA officials were tightlipped about the sum of money involved, but it is understood to be in the...</description>
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