2011 Liverpool International tennis tournament, Calderstones Park

PUBLISHED: 17:55 25 July 2011 | UPDATED: 19:45 20 February 2013

Cheshire Life and Lancashire Life readers joined the crowds who packed Calderstones Park to watch the Liverpool International tennis tournament, Europe's largest exhibition event.<br/><br/>Photography by Glynn Ward

Cath Fleming, Geoff Masher and Pam Parry

Cheshire Life and Lancashire Life readers joined the crowds who packed Calderstones Park to watch the Liverpool International tennis tournament, Europes largest exhibition event.

It was the occasion when three former Wimbledon womens champions came together - Martina Hingis, Martina Navratilova and Silver Jubilee year winner Virginia Wade.

The Calderstones event is in its 10th year and featured a mens and womens main event, as well as one for veterans and some exhibition games. Visitors watched a memorable doubles exhibition featuring Mikael Pernfors, former British number one Greg Rusedski, Ormskirks Barry Cowan and Mansour Bahrami, whose comic court routines have become legendary.

Photography by Glynn Ward

The print version of this article appeared in the August 2011 issue of Cheshire Life

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