Rublev, Coric and Badosa will be in the Copa del Rey de Huelva in July

The King’s Cup of Tennisa tournament organized every year by Royal Recreational Tennis Club of Huelvawill have a women’s match next July in the program of its ninety-eighth edition, which will face the Spanish Paula Badosa the switzerland Jill Teichman.

The tournament, set between July 12 and 14, will conclude with the men’s team, which will be played by the Russians. Andrei Rublevthe Croatian Borna Coric and the Spanish Fernando Verdasco and Pablo Andujar.

Javier Garcia Sintes, tournament director, explained this Monday at the official presentation of the poster that he wanted to have two of the best players in the world, such as Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev, winner of the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 and number 6 in the ATP; and Croatian tennis player Borna Coric, who unexpectedly won the Cincinnati Masters 1000 last year and is ranked 16th in the world rankings.

Also, veterans Fernando Verdasco (292 ATP), who became number 7 in the world, and Pablo Andújar (332 ATP), who rivaled Carlos Alcaraz in last year’s semifinal, will return to the Copa del Rey de Tenis.

In the women’s draw, a great novelty in this edition, is Paula Badosa (WTA number 35), the main reference in Spanish tennis, who will face Jil Teichmann (WTA number 58), current winner of the Billie Jean King Cup with Switzerland.

The president of the organizing club, Rafael Romero, expressed his satisfaction because “this edition is the first” where they have a “champion of the Copa del Rey de Tenis”, thus regaining the presence of the woman who was in some old editions. of the contest in an initiative that will continue in future editions.

Also, the president indicated that the 98th edition “will mark the path of preparation for the centenary of the Copa del Rey de Tenis, the oldest tournament in the country.”