The Plas Coch Road venue recently benefitted from a \u00a32.5 million refurbishment, primarily funded by the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.<\/p>\n
Additional support came from Sport Wales and Wrexham Council followed by a further grant from the Welsh Government to bring the lighting up to ITF international tennis standards.<\/p>\n
The centre will be transformed during the tournament, with a 600-seat capacity arena constructed around the main show court for spectators.<\/p>\n
Caroline Lacy, head of tennis relations and event development at the LTA, said: “We are thrilled to bring women’s professional tennis back to Wales for the first time in nearly three decades.”<\/p>\n
Welsh minister for culture, skills and social partnership Jack Sargeant “was thoroughly impressed” by the venue’s facilities.<\/p>\n
“These world-class amenities are an important addition to the sporting landscape in north Wales, providing a platform where both elite athletes and grassroots enthusiasts from the local community can train and enjoy their sport,” he added.<\/p>\n
“Bringing an elite women’s tennis tournament to Wrexham for the first time is also an investment in our tourism industry.<\/p>\n
Tennis Wales chief executive Simon Johnson said: “This tournament will help to further raise the profile of tennis in Wales and it’s an event to really look forward to.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Plas Coch Road venue recently benefitted from a \u00a32.5 million refurbishment, primarily funded by the UK Government’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-514157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115406073050446457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}