World-Class Tennis at Laver Cup in Chicago Top-Flight Players Competed on Portable Sports Floor from HARO Sports

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08/10/2018 HARO Sports World-class tennis at Laver Cup in Chicago Top-flight players competed on portable sports floor from HARO Sports

Rosenheim –The Laver Cup 2018, the second edition of this annual tournament, was played out in September 2018 at the United Center venue in Chicago. Tennis stars from Team Europe and Team World fought out a series of exciting matches during the three-day competition. HARO Sports supplied the sports flooring – as it did for last year’s event as well – and scored high points with its “ROME TENNIS” portable tournament and practice court.

A team competition, the Laver Cup (named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver) was the brainchild of Roger Federer and his sports agency Team8. Over the three days of the tournament, from Friday to Sunday, Team Europe and Team World battled each other for the coveted trophy. The original planning called for the tournament to skip the years in which Summer Olympic Games are held, but the inaugural event in 2017 proved so successful that the organisers decided to change to a proper annual format. September 2018 saw stars such as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev lining up for Team Europe, which was captained by Björn Borg. His former rival, John McEnroe, served as captain of Team World, with top names like Kevin Anderson, John Isner and Diego Schwartzman among his players. After three days of hard-fought matches, Team Europe emerged as the clear winner by 13 points to 8.

Sports floor manufacturer HARO Sports supplied its ROME TENNIS portable flooring solution for the event, installing a 1,200 m² tournament court plus an 826 m² practice court.

The ROME TENNIS floor with the Rebound Ace top layer is the perfect solution for professional tournaments in sports and multi-purpose arenas, which require rapid changing of the floor covering. No other portable sports

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court system on the market offers this combination of top performance and unbeatable logistics.

The innovative tennis floor is subjectively more comfortable to play on and places less strain on an athlete’s body than conventional hard courts. As a consequence, players tire less easily and the risk of injury declines. At the same time, the floor ensures the same ball bounce and pace as a hard court. A well-drilled team is able to install and dismantle the flooring in just a few hours. The perfect fit of the patented interlocking system that connects the individual modules even eliminates the need to recoat the surface after installation, a process which is normally required for portable hard courts. The high quality of both basic construction and finish guarantees problem-free tournaments and top-class performances.

The ROME TENNIS floor is therefore the perfect solution for professional tournaments in sports and multi-purpose arenas, which require rapid changing of the floor covering. No other portable sports court system on the market offers this combination of top performance and

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unbeatable logistics.

Spectators relaxing in the fan zone while the stars sweat on the practice court.

The United Center in Chicago was transformed into the Center Court for the three-day competition. Mobile grandstands for 2,500 spectators were installed along with the portable ROME TENNIS sports flooring.

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A sophisticated lighting system made the event even more attractive for spectators.

The victorious Team Europe, captained by Björn Borg and starring Roger Federer. ……………………………………………………………………………… Reprint free of charge. Please supply copy. Copyright: Hamberger Flooring GmbH&Co.KG/ HARO / Photos:

With the floor covering brand name "HARO", Hamberger Flooring GmbH & Co. KG in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim has grown to become the German market leader for parquet floors and can now look back on over 60 years of experience in producing parquet. In addition to its Flooring division which offers parquet, cork and laminate floors as well as the somewhat different Celenio wooden floor and healthy living style Disano design floor, the Hamberger group of companies also incorporates the Sports Flooring, Sanitary, Hardwood, Retail and Farming and Forestry divisions. Hamberger was certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 as early as 1995, followed in 1998 by the certification of its environmental management system according to DIN EN ISO 14001. The new energy management system was integrated successfully in the existing environmental management system in 2013 with certification according to DIN EN ISO 50001:2011. Hamberger has been certified according to PEFC since 2002. The PEFC seal provides proof that the raw materials from which Hamberger products are manufactured are sourced from certified, sustainably managed forests. Founded in 1866, the company is today managed by Peter Hamberger and Dr Peter M. Hamberger, in the fourth and fifth generations. With around 2,500 employees, the group of companies achieves an annual turnover of more than 315 million euros. The export share of the company’s business is 50%, with export being made to over 90 countries around the world. Further information is available at www.haro.com