Exercise and recreational sport

Merko/Merks Cup Estonian-Latvian tennis competition


The Merko Cup or Estonian-Latvian tennis competition, which took place on 29 and 30 July 2020 at the Tondi Tennis Centre in Tallinn, meant local spectators could watch the best female and male tennis players of the region and four of the world’s top 100 players. 

In a total of 11 games, Anett Kontaveit (WTA 22), Kaia Kanepi (WTA 99), Jürgen Zopp (ATP 552) and Vladimir Ivanov (ATP 738) from Estonia and Jelena Ostapenko (WTA 41), Anasstasija Sevastova (WTA 43), Ernests Gulbis (ATP 162) and Karlis Ozolins (ATP 1133) from Latvia played before full stands. Thanks to a victory in the last game of mixed doubles, the tournament ended with Estonia winning 6:5.