McDan Open West Africa Tennis fixed for June 27

The much-awaited Mcdan Open West Africa tennis championship swings into action from June 27 and will end on July 2, organizers have indicated.

Originally, the tournament which has assumed international dimension was scheduled for April 25 to 30 at the Accra Stadium but was shelved.

According to the organizers, the postponement was due to some extended discussions with some supporting sponsors that were ready to partner the headline sponsors to make the event big.

It also had to take into account a ban on noise making in the Ga traditional area within which the Accra Sports Stadium in located.

The McDan Open West Africa Tournament 2016 will attract players from Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire as well as Ghanaian players based in the US and UK.

With the new date, attention will be on how the champions of the previous editions performs against competitors from neighbouring countries considering the kind of opposition they have offered to Ghana in the past.

Organizers of the event, McDan Shipping Company, who are also the event’s title sponsor and the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF) will have Rush Energy Drink and West Blue Consulting as supporting sponsors.

The first two editions opened to only Ghanaians were won by Jeff Bargabasseh and George Darko with Francisca Nyarko winning the ladies edition.