Due to the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus, various events have been postponed or cancelled.
In sports, too, many tournaments have been canceled, including tennis.
However, in place of the cancelled tournaments, an online tournament "STAY AT HOME SLAM" will be held with the world's top players using "Mario Tennis Aces" on Nintendo Switch!
Doubles with Tennis Players and Guest Players
Sponsored by IMG Tennis, "STAY AT HOME SLAM" will feature professional tennis players and prominent guest players from North America in a doubles match of "Mario Tennis Aces"!
The professional tennis players will include the well-known top players such as Naomi Osaka, Kei Nishikori, Maria Sharapova and the Williams Sisters!
The pairings have already been announced
- Serena Williams & Gigi Hadid
- Madison Keys & Ms. Seal
- Venus Williams & Deandre Hopkins
- Taylor Fritz & Addison Ray
- Maria Sharapova & Karlie Kloss
- Kevin Anderson & Ryan Tannehill
- Naomi Osaka & Haley Bieber
- Kei Nishikori & Steve Aoki
The 8 pairs are Kei Nishikori & Steve Aoki.
The tournament pairings have also been announced!
Naomi Osaka & Haley Bieber and Kei Nishikori & Steve Aoki will play each other from the first round.
The tournament will be held in North America on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 5:00 PM (Japan time) and will be broadcast live on IMG Tennis official Facebook.
There will be archived viewing at a later date, but for a project this interesting, you'll just have to watch it live!
The event will be broadcast in English, but language doesn't matter when the play is so hot.
All prize money will be donated
All participants will receive prize money for their participation and the winner of the tournament will receive a first prize from Facebook, but all prize money will be donated to a fund for COVID-19 outbreak! How peaceful!
Don't miss this dream tournament, made possible by this situation!
For more information, please visit the official Nintendo website!