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Longines confirms its commitment to international tennis as a partner of the Kremlin Cup

September 2009


The Swiss watch manufacturer Longines is proud to be the new official partner, timekeeper and watch for the Kremlin Cup in Moscow – one of the ATP World Tour tournaments – for 2009, 2010 and 2011. The event, which will be held at the Moscow Olympic Stadium, was started in 1990 and has since become the main international professional tennis tournament in Russia.

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Walter von Känel, President of Longines, and Shamil Tarpischev, President of the Russian Tennis Federation and Chairman of the Board of the Kremlin Cup, holding up the symbolic agreement between Longines and the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament, the most important international tennis tournament in Russia.

Longines is delighted to be able to offer its technical skills and experience in sports timing for a competition – and a discipline – that perfectly matches its slogan “Elegance is an attitude“. As part of its commitment to the world of tennis, Longines will be using the occasion to present a model – the Longines Admiral – which evokes sports where aesthetics, precision and physical coordination are of the utmost.

Source: Longines
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