The President of the Spanish Tennis Federation, Miguel Díaz Románhighlighted this Wednesday in the presentation of the ATP 250 tournament that will be played in Gijón between October 8 and 16 “the difficulty of getting a tournament because they are not sold” and this became possible due to the exclusion of the Moscow calendar , due to sanctions for to the invasion of Ukraine.
“There are no tournaments for sale and we have also competed in many cities” emphasizes Miguel Díaz, where negotiations with the ATP are key “because the Spanish Federation is one of the few that does not have its own tournament”.
Diaz Roman thanked the “commitment of the City Council to host this tournament” and assured that “the return for the city is higher than expected” because “Gijon will not have more competition on those dates than florenceanother new contest and of the same category”.
The tournament director will be Thomas Carbonellwhich ensured that “it is important to have the determined support of the city” and considered that “with this support you will not fail”.
the local tennis player Pablo Carreno He was the first to sign up for it because, as he said, playing the ATP 250 in his city “would be special.”
“I travel all year and when I play in Spain I say that I play at home, but now in this tournament I can really say it,” said Carreño, who advanced that he will give. to play the week before “to prepare well for the tournament in Gijon”.
Carreño assured that when he plays a tournament he does it “to win, and in Gijón with more reason”
We’ll have to wait six weeks before the tournament starts to see the list of 32 players because that’s the deadline they have to register, though Miguel Diaz He is sure that “there will be a good representation” and indicated that “the organization will remain an invitation in case at the last minute there is a player with a high rank who wants to play in Gijón”.
For his part, the mayor of the city, Ana González, is sure that “Gijón will move to the tournament, which in addition to the impact on sports will have an important economic projection for the city as well as the opportunity to spread the image of Gijón around the world”.
“Bringing the contest to Gijón was complicated, but it was achieved thanks to the joint work of several entities”, highlighted the mayor, who especially thanked “to Spanish and Asturian Federation and the Municipal Sports Boardwhich has been able to place Gijón in the exclusive group of cities that organize contests of this entity”.
The tournament will be played in a hard place in the Palacio de los Deportes, with a capacity for more than 5,000 spectators, a place that “in this tournament will commemorate the 30th anniversary of its construction as it should be”.
Source: La Verdad
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