the russian Daniel Medvedev he earned the twentieth title of his career, fifth of the season. After Rotterdam, Doha, Dubai and Miami, Rome. Known for his ability on the hard court, the Muscovite forgot about his hatred of clay and began a new relationship on this surface, conquering it in one of the most classic feuds of the European tour, culminating in Roland Garros, on May 28 to June 11.
The Muscovite wrote his name and surname on a list of winners that was their monopoly Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, with ten and six crowns, respectively. Only since 2005 the British andy murray and the german Alexander Zverev they slipped from the record.
This is an unexpected opportunity Daniel Medvedevwho beat Dane in the final Holger Rune of 7-5 and 7-5. Taking number two from the world ranking to Serbian Novak Djokovicin a list this Monday where Carlos Alcaraz It will return to #1.
Besides, Medvedev, resident in Monaco with his wife and daughter, he collected a check for 1,105,265 euros in Rome. More than double the financial prize received by the WTA 1000 champion who played in parallel.
The Russian nationalized Kazakh Elena Rybakina took a check for 521,724 euros, after defeating the Ukrainian in the final Angelina Kalina, Sunday morning after a Saturday spent on the water. Result, 6-4, 1-0 and withdrawal due to injury.
Although both tournaments, men and women, have a category of 1,000 (points for the best), two separate tables of 96 tennis players each, the difference in money starts with the initial endowment: 7,705,780 and 3,572,618 euros, respectively.
The men’s competition is a matter of the ATP and the women’s, of the WTA, bodies that govern both circuits. They negotiated terms with the owner and organizer of the Roman event, the Italian Tennis Federation.
Rome is part of the mandatory tournaments for the best in ATP, but not in the case of women. The tournament does not have a top WTA 1000 Premier Mandatory ranking. It is not ‘compulsory’, necessary, for tennis players, who always criticize an inequality that has never happened before in Indian Wells, Miami or Madrid.
Source: La Verdad
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