WTA – Angers> Mahut: “I heard that the players were complaining about a lack of women’s tournaments. It was important to support them”

We Love Tennis Magazine is a partner of the 1time edition of the A2Pi tournament in Angers, a WTA tournament endowed with $ 125,000. In issue 78, we met Nicolas Mahut who explained to us the genesis of this idea.

L’Angevin was keen to change the situation: “I had this desire to help women’s tennis. I have heard players complaining about a lack of women’s tournaments. It was important to support them. France already has a lot of ATP tournaments and ultimately few high-level women’s tournaments. We are the fourth women’s tournament, tied with Limoges which has the same format and behind Lyon, Strasbourg and Roland-Garros. This gives the opportunity to young players, but also to others, to “collect” points. The National Technical Directorate of the FFT also expressed this need “

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