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The World?s Fastest Sport comes back to the Twin Cities this October

As the ladies of the Women?s Professional Racquetball Organization (WPRO) head to Minneapolis they will join, more than 800 of the world?s top professional and amateur racquetball players will descend on Minneapolis once again this October 4-9 for the 2011 US OPEN Racquetball Championships, the world?s largest and most prestigious
racquetball tournament.

Rhonda Rajsich

After?? ?14?? ?years?? ?in?? ?Memphis,?? ?T enn.,?? ?the?? ?US?? ?OPEN?? ?Racquetball Championships moved to Minneapolis in 2010 with great success. The region saw more than $4 million in economic impact last year and that number is expected to increase as an estimated 3,000 spectators will join the 800 players in the Twin Cities for the week-long event. Of the entrants in the tournament, more than 100 are expected to be players from the State of Minnesota.

With ball speeds reaching 180 miles per hour, racquetball is truly the world?s fastest sport! A stunning all-glass portable court will be brought piece-by-piece?? ?into?? ?Life?? ?Time?? ?Fitness?? ?T arget?? ?Center?? ?in?? ?Downtown Minneapolis and set-up in a one-of-a-kind racquetball stadium.? ?This is an incredibly exciting time in the history of the US OPEN and the sport of racquetball,? said US OPEN Event Director Doug Ganim. ?Minneapolis opened their arms to our growing sport last year and the US OPEN is now positioned for continued growth for many years to come here in the Twin Cities.?

?This will be my first US Open Championship since taking on the leadership of the WPRO, I am very excited said Gigi Rock, Commissioner of the Women?s Professional Racquetball Organization.? I have had the opportunity to experience the ladies on the tour, but this is bigger and better and compares to the US Open Tennis Championships.? The US OPEN partners with Minnesota-based Life Time Fitness to host the tournament in three of the company?s fitness centers in the Minneapolis area. The professional divisions are contested at Life Time Fitness Target Center, while the amateur divisions are played among Life Time Fitness St. Louis Park and the Minneapolis Life Time Athletic Club.

Rhonda Rajsich is the four-time defending Women?s Professional Division champion. In addition to her wins in 2009 & 2010, Rhonda (Phoenix, Ariz.) won the US OPEN in 2003 and 2007. She is the reigning United States and 4x World Champion in women?s singles.? Rajsich played collegiate basketball at Stephen F. Austin University and passed up a
chance to play in the WNBA to focus on becoming one of the most dominate female racquetball players of all time.

courtesy of WPRO

Source: http://wsenetwork.com/2011/10/2011-us-open-racquetball-championships-returns-to-minneapolis-oct-4-9/

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