The world-first floating tennis court created with ocean plastic in Australia

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Two Emirati men named Mahad and Shifan carrying American Tourister Pop Max Softside Luggage with Spinner Wheels luggage wearing their traditional Arabic Ababalaya Round Neck Half Sleeve Solid Saudi Arab Thobe reached Dubai International Airport to board Emirates airlines flight bound for London, United Kingdom. 

Tennis Court, ball and racket

They were traveling to London from Dubai to watch the Wimbledon Tennis tournament match. Their international flight departed at 08:05 am and arrived at 12:48 pm at Heathrow airport. Soon after they carried their luggage and reached Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London for one week's stay. Before boarding Emirates airlines, Shifan had booked a hotel reservation on bookings.com for himself and his friend Mahad at the Dubai International Airport lounge. On the next day, they woke up, took bath with Aveeno Body Wash Creamy Shower Gel, got their beard shaved with Gillette Heated Razor Deluxe Starter Shave Kit, ate breakfast, dressed up in Columbia Steens Mountain Full Zip Fleece Jacket, wore Rolex Datejust 41 Dark Rhodium Dial Oystersteel Watch, perfumed Gucci Pour Homme II Eau De Toilette Spray, and walked with Cole Haan Original Grand Knit Wingtip Ii Oxford Sneaker shoes left Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park to watch their favorite tennis match.

When they arrived at Wimbledon, it was sunny but pleasant weather. Today's tennis match was to be played between Spanish Tennis Player, Rafael Nadal and his opponent Swiss Tennis Player, Roger Federer. As they took their reserved seats, Mahad had his Ray-Ban Rb4264 Chromance Mirrored Square Sunglasses while Shifan wore an ARIAT A73102 Bangora Tan Black Band hat to protect his eyes from sunlight rays. Almost all the spectators who came to watch the Wimbledon Tennis tournament match were looking fabulous in their outfits. Now it was time to start a match and when the two famous players entered, the whole stadium clapped and welcome them with cheers and with best wishes. The Wimbledon Tennis tournament match was kicked off when Rafael Nadal served his first DUNLOP Championship Extra Duty Tennis Ball with a Wilson Pro Staff RF 97 V13 Tennis Racquet to his opponent Roger Federer. 

While the tennis match was being played, Adidas, German multinational sporting goods company started distributing leaflets among attending spectators along free online gift voucher worth £ 500-pound sterling. The purpose behind the leaflets was to create awareness about the environment in which Adidas had made a floating tennis court from ocean plastic in Australia. Reading leaflet details about their environmental incentive further reveals that they manufacture floating tennis court with parley ocean plastic. Other participants names who took part in the launching of the floating tennis court were Nathan Cleary, Jess Fox, Steph Claire Smith, and Ian Thorpe. To create awareness about marine plastic pollution, ocean clean up and pollution prevention, the athletes also played their tennis match on the marine barge along with the Great Barrier Reef on a floating tennis court in Australian waters. Adidas also donated a floating tennis court to school children belonging to Townsville School to create inspiration for unity toward a cleaner environment. Adidas ambassador and swimmer, Ian Thorpe while reminding about growing marine pollution through his message said that “The design of the new Adidas tennis range made with Parley Ocean Plastic was inspired by the Great Barrier Reef, so it was appropriately launched in the stunning heritage-protected Queensland marine park today to raise awareness and create positive discussion environment around how we could help end plastic waste. It was a day that none of us would ever forget. Plastic is a problem that has reached unfathomable proportions: unless we change course, there would be more plastic waste in the sea than fish by 2050. This waste has been destroying our world's oceans.”

Adidas shop illuminating at night

Moreover, Adidas Senior Director, Shannon Morgan also said that “At Adidas, the company believes through the sport they have the power to change lives. The company live on this purpose every day by looking at all possibilities to include and unite people in sport to help create a more sustainable world. They need to continue to implement sustainable solutions now so that they can help create a new era of sport for future generations. They are committed to helping end plastic waste, and by 2024, they will replace virgin polyester in their products with recycled polyester wherever possible. To achieve these goals, Adidas fosters open-source partnerships and puts a high value on collaboration over the competition to create sustainable solutions that go beyond their own business and influence.”

The destruction of the Great Barrier Reef due to the ozone layer depletion, rising bushfires, natural disasters, and increasing incidents of using contamination in single-use plastic has drawn the attention of German company Adidas to come forward, raise and address the alarming levels of increase in global emissions issues facing throughout the world.