The International Management Group (IMG) and Taiwanese organizers announced that a series of tennis exhibition matches will take place in Taiwan later this year in a bid to boost local interest in the game.
World number one Rafael Nadal of Spain will face compatriot David Ferrer on October 1. A week prior to this highly anticipated match, a women’s tennis exhibition match between former world number one Maria Sharapova and world number three Vera Zvonareva will be staged.
The matches will take place at National Taiwan Sport University. Earlier this year, a couple of exhibition matches featuring multiple Grand Slam winners Andre Agassi and Marat Safin took place in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
