The first artificial red courts in Eastern Europe are built in Bulgaria, Sandanski and are property of Interhotel Sandanski.

New tennis complex with artificial red courts was opend on September 29 2008 at Interhotel Sandanski, Bulgaria. These are the first courts of this type not only in Bulgaria but in Eastern Europe aswel.

The main advantages of this flooring is that it is easy to maintain, lack of bumps and any irregularities and does not freez during the winter. This characteristics make the complex usable from March to November. This flooring is almost the same as for the French Open tournament Grand Slam in Roland Garros Paris.

The executive director of Interhotel Sandanski Nikolay Tomov expressed his hope that the new tennis complex will grow into a tennis center of Bulgaria and later on for the Balkan Penninsula and Europe.

From September 30 2008 to October 5 2008 tennis complex at Interhotel Sandanski hosted the international woman's tournament with $10 000 prize fund.  7 Bulgarians enrolled in the base of "Interhotel Sandanski Cup" - Elitsa Kostova, Dia Evtimova, Bilyana Pavlova, Hyulia Velieva, Desislava Mladenova, Dalia Zafirova, Tanya Germanlieva. In the qualifications will compete 5 more Bulgarians - Jaquelin Alaui, Martina Gledacheva, Lyutfia Velieva, Liana Todorova and Anita Paliiska.

Interesting fact is that the winner will be awarded with a special gold medal which will be the first such award in Bulgarian tennis history.

On 3. 4 and 5 of October 2008 also took place the traditional tournament for journalists "Media Masters".