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HASTINGS DIRECT ON COURT FOR 2005

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Hastings Direct will sponsor one of the world's top grasscourt championships for a further two years after agreeing a new deal with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).

The Sussex-based motor insurer will be title sponsor of the Hastings Direct International Championships, now firmly established in the women's tennis calendar in the run-up to Wimbledon.

Said Hastings Direct's chairman and CEO David Gundlach: "We've enjoyed a highly successful three-year partnership with the LTA as we were involved in other projects before sponsoring the Hastings Direct International Championships in 2003.”

The grasscourt championships - due to be played from June 11 to 18 at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne - regularly attracts 28 of the world's top female players, who this year will be competing for £487,400 in prize money.