Turin.- They say that comparisons are odious, but it is no less true that they are a fairly reliable way to measure similar issues. In this case, What has happened in recent days in Cancun and Turin explains very well the health that the women’s and men’s tennis circuits enjoy right now..
A few days ago the WTA brought the curtain down on the season with a disastrous week in Cancun, with the stadium practically empty for much of the tournament, hurricanes, rain and a center court finished in that way and at the last minute. The Mexican Caribbean, an idyllic place for many, It became a nightmare for the WTA and for the tennis players themselveswho did not know until September where the teachers’ tournament was going to be.
On the other side of the Atlantic, at the foot of the impressive Alps, The ATP Finals start this Sunday in Turin with almost all the tickets sold and after a spectacular presentation in the historic center of the Italian city. Turin has been the headquarters of the Masters Cup since 2020 and so far each edition has been a success. The court is in perfect condition and the lineup is the best that tennis can offer right now, with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz as big favorites.
The eight best tennis players of the course paraded through the cobbled streets of Turin on Friday night amid enormous expectation. Flashes, applause, selfies and a lot of luxury in the historic Palazzo Reale, which hosted a grand opening. Stefanos Tsitsipas appeared on the blue carpet in a vicuña skin poncho -an animal similar to the llama that lives in South America-, Novak Djokovic dressed in Lacoste and Carlos Alcaraz wore a bright Louis Vuitton varsity jacket designed by Pharrell Williams.
The American singer has been the creative director of the men’s division of the French brand since this year. For the varsity jacket that Alcaraz wore, he was inspired by the typical university jackets and captured in this design with a bright P and an A, the initials of the Princess Anne High School from which he graduated in the 90s. On the back, It bears the inscription The Louis Vuitton Lovers presents.
The jacket is such an exclusive product that it does not even appear on the Louis Vuitton website, the latest firm to join Alcaraz’s list of sponsors. Several specialized fashion websites point out that it was presented this year during a fashion show in Paris. Its price is unknown, but a jacket varsity without Louis Vuitton diamonds it already costs several thousand euros.
The biggest prize in tennis history
Beyond the detail of Alcaraz’s outfits, the truth is that Friday’s pompous gala was a sign that the ATP is doing things better than the WTA with its product.either. As the Grand Slams are organized by the International Federation with the national federations, the ATP and WTA demonstrate their power in the rest of the places. And there, right now, the men’s circuit is many meters ahead of the women’s circuit.
The Finals have been the latest example. While in Cancun everything was taken with tweezers, in Turin everything is under control. And not only that: the wallet also talks. Djokovic, Alcaraz and company aspire this year at the ATP Finals for the biggest prize in the history of tennis: $4.8 million awaits an undefeated champion. In total, the ATP will give 15 million euros to the tennis players. Each player will have a fixed amount of $325,000 and for each victory in the group stage he will receive $390,000.
Nacho Encabo is a sports editor at Relevo, a specialist in tennis and the Olympic Games. Born in Madrid, he studied Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at the Rey Juan Carlos University and began as an intern in the sports section of El Mundo in 2011. Knowing German shortly after opened the doors of the dpa agency, where he worked as a special envoy to the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, the 2016 Euro Cup in France and the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In addition, adding Relay and the rest of his career, he has covered the four tennis Grand Slams, the Davis Cup , athletics world championships, Formula 1 Grand Prix and countless LaLiga and Champions League matches. He has also worked as a reporter at El Independiente and traveled to the Tokyo Olympics on the Spanish Olympic Committee team. …
2023-11-11 17:37:35
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