Major Upgrade Set for Iizuka Wheelchair Tennis Facilities
Fukuoka Prefecture will upgrade the facilities for the annual international wheelchair tennis tournament in Iizuka, it was learned. The objective is to maintain the tournament at the top rank of tournaments in Asia, and will include two new courts and the installation of permanent seating. The International Tennis Federation places the Iizuka tournament as one of the four top-ranked wheelchair tournaments in the world as part of the so-called Super Series. The aging of the existing courts and the lack of permanent seating threatens the status of the tournament, however.