Tecnifibre Appointed US Open Official Racquet & String Sponsor

Tecnifibre have announced the signing of an agreement with tournament promoter, Squash Universe LLC, to be the Official Racquet and String sponsor of the 2007 US Open squash tournament. The event will be held from 29 September to 4 October in New York City.

This year's prize money will be the largest in the history for the US Open tournament and also the largest purse for a PSA event held in North America.

"We are very excited and proud to be the racquet and string sponsor of this tournament. This sponsorship shows our increased strategic commitment to the squash sport and to the US squash market," said Paul Zalatoris, General Manager for Tecnifibre USA.

"Our new top world ranked players will be entered into this tournament and will help promote Tecnifibre with planned events and appearances with our customers and sponsored players. We plan to use this event to launch our new racquets and strings for the 2007/08 season and introduce the new Tecnifibre coloured Team to the world," said Guillaume DUCRUET, International Squash promotion manager for Tecnifibre International