The Minister of Participation, Transparency, Cooperation and Democratic Quality, Rosa Pérez Garijo, pointed out after the plenary session of the Consell, in which she acted as speaker this Friday, that Valencia maintains its willingness to continue hosting the Davis Cup and it was thus notified to the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
On Thursday it was announced that the company Kosmos Tennis, organizer of the Davis Cup, had not reached an agreement with the International Tennis Federation regarding the fee it had to pay to continue managing the competition, so it stopped organizing the tournament where the format is he. revolutionized.
Last June, Valencia signed a contract with Kosmos Tennis to be one of the permanent venues for the Davis Cup for five years -until 2027- and in September it was one of the four cities hosting the group stage, in which Spain participated along with Canada. , the eventual champions of the tournament, Serbia and South Korea.
After Kosmos Tennis broke with the ITF, many doubts arose about what would happen to the contracts signed by Gerard Piqué’s company with the cities to host the Davis Cup.
Pérez Garijo explained that “yesterday the General Director of Tourism communicated precisely with the International Tennis Federation to show our willingness to continue with the event, it was yesterday afternoon-evening, that is, our willingness was already shown to continue and we are waiting to see the conditions, if they are maintained, but yes, there is a will to continue”.
Source: La Verdad
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