For the forty second time, Mercedes is sponsoring the aptly-named MercedesCup tennis match in Stuttgart, Germany. This 12 months, the winner will get greater than only a trophy: they get to stroll away with a model new, all-electric EQS luxurious sedan.
To guarantee that everybody is aware of that the EQS is the highest prize, Mercedes took the additional step of hanging the automotive excessive above the primary stadium’s grass courts at TC Weissenhof.
Together with the automotive (and maybe out of thematic resonance with its Hyperscreen), the MercedesCup middle court docket can be surrounded on three sides by LED boards that may present inter rally leisure and show graphics throughout occasions just like the coin toss. It is going to additionally show a Mercedes animation throughout the last awards ceremony.
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The match is the primary since 2019 after the 2020 installment was canceled as a result of COVID-19. Beginning on June 7 and working till the thirteenth, the match’s qualifying rounds have been modified this 12 months to welcome gamers from the French Open to affix after they drop out.
Nonetheless, the Cup has already introduced some gamers who would possibly entice German (and Canadian) followers. Germany’s two top-ranked gamers, Alexander Zverev and Jan-Lennard Struff, have been confirmed as has 19-year-old rising star Jannik Sinner. Three Canadians, Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic, and Felix Auger-Aliassime, are additionally set to take part within the match.
Mercedes has not revealed exactly which EQS is being awarded to the winner of the match, however we all know that the all-electric sedan, which is anticipated to go on gross sales this fall, is able to as much as 770 km (479 miles) of vary and as much as 516 hp and 630 lb-ft of torque. A extra highly effective AMG version is anticipated shortly.