Mats Wilander Signs for Expekt.com as Tennis Ambassador
By Prne, Gaea News NetworkSunday, June 7, 2009
GZIRA, Malta - Former World No. 1 and seven-time Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander has signed as tennis ambassador for online gaming company Expekt.com.
“I will do analysis and predictions on the big tournaments and be the face of Expekt.com in tennis, I am really looking forward to this,” says Wilander.
Mats Wilander, who today is a big TV profile with Eurosport and current Davis Cup captain for Sweden, will start to work for Expekt.com at Wimbledon.
Recently, Expekt.com signed poker legend and world champion Scotty Nguyen as poker ambassador and now Mats Wilander has joined the online gaming company.
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“It will be a new step for me going into the gaming industry and it will be interesting and challenging to give my view on the matches and to find the winners at Expekt.com,” continues Mats Wilander.
For some time, Expekt.com has worked with famous football names as ambassadors in their big markets, such as Zibi Boniek in Poland, Fredi Bobic in Germany and Glenn Strömberg in Sweden.
“We will have plenty of surprises coming up and our customers, they will for example be able to play tennis against Mats Wilander when they take part in a contest during the summer.
“We are preparing for an exciting summer and year for our customers with Mats Wilander onboard. We are truly proud to have signed him,” says Dan Vikman, PR Manager at Expekt.com.
Mats Wilander won seven Grand Slam titles between 1982 and 1988 and was World No. 1 in 1988. He is one of only four players who have won Grand Slam singles titles on grass, hard and clay courts together with Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connors. Wilander won Australian Open twice when it was played on grass.
In 2002, Wilander was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Mats Wilander Date of birth: 22 August 1964 Place of birth: Växjö, Sweden Height: 1.82 m Weight: 77 kg Turned pro 1981 Retired 1996 Career prize money: US$7,976,256 Singles career record: 571-222 Career titles: 33 Highest ranking: No. 1 (12 September 1988) Grand Slam single titles: 7 Australian Open Winner 1983, 1984, 1988 French Open Winner 1982, 1985, 1988 US Open Winner 1988 Wimbledon Quarter-finalist 1987, 1988, 1989
About Expekt.com
Expekt.com was founded in 1999 and is an online gaming company with its main office in Malta. Expekt.com has licenses in Austria and Malta and is one of Europe’s leading gaming companies offering sports betting, poker, casino, bingo and games. Expekt.com offers its services in 23 languages through www.expekt.com and has got more than 1.5 million registered customers worldwide.
For more information, please contact: Press and PR Manager Dan Vikman - Tel: +356-9911-2020, E-mail: dan.vikman@expekt.com.
Source: Expekt.com
For more information, please contact: Press and PR Manager Dan Vikman - Tel: +356-9911-2020 E-mail: dan.vikman at expekt.com.
Tags: Europe, Expekt.com, Gzira, Malta, sweden, United Kingdom, Wimbledon
June 9, 2009: 5:08 pm
i gotta agree Wilander is one of the best tennis player… i think he deserves to be on the hall of fame… |
MartyJennings