08/11/2023 18:05hs.
The ATP The idea of three championships rising in level in the coming years was being considered with the aim of reinforcing the sports calendar, and finally the promotion of three open tournaments on the circuit was announced this Tuesday. Those of Munich, Doha and Dallas will become category ATP 250 a 500 starting in 2025. In practice it means more money in prizes and a higher ranking score.
Given this decision made by the tennis organization, Diego Schwartzman (108°) raised his voice and published a clear message through his social networks ensuring that it is a “terrible decision” and that the capital of our country made a great effort to receive that recognition that in the end did not come and the most important part of the region will have to continue waiting.
The Argentina Open will continue to be 250.
El Peque quoted through X (formerly Twitter) a meme from a tennis account (@SvenARG) that alludes to the fact that in several years there would only be one ATP 250 and it would be the one in Buenos Aires, which has hosted the tournament since 2001 in the Lawn Tennis de Palermo.
“Terrible decision by ATP… to continue promoting countries and tours that already have all kinds of tournaments and facilities. And not so to choose a tour and region of the world that has so much history in tennis and that only has 4 tournaments a year. “Buenos Aires made a very big effort to be ATP 500 and thus enhance the entire tour and obviously the region,” he complained.
El Peque launched the message on social networks.
The ATP’s decision to raise the level of the championships in Germany, Qatar and the United States is intended to “increase benefits for players and fans”, the growth from 13 to 16 ATP 500 on the calendar, and is also accompanied for the withdrawal of 250 tournaments Atlanta, Lyon y Newport (a historic natural grass venue), also within two years.
The headquarters of Dallas Openfor example, has been on the circuit for less than five years and will be a new venue due to its economy and the large sporting events that the city has hosted in recent years, such as the NBA All-Star Games, the Super Bowls, and soon the soccer World Cup in 2026.
Schwartzman hot with the ATP.
The reason for the rise of BMW Open in Munich, responds to the reforms and modernization of the tournament’s infrastructure, which was published by the ATP, accompanied by the fact that this is part of a project between Iphitos (owner of the ATP 250 in Munich) and Champ AG (owner of the ATP 250 in Lyon). Furthermore, the Qatar Exxon Mobil Open was named as 250th tournament of the year on three occasions, voted by the players participating in the contest.
With this change, the three tournaments will distribute 2.8 million dollars in prizes once they begin to be played as open 500, and that will also expand the Bonus Pool of the ATP 250. In the period of five years, the level increases of the championships will provide 51.7 million more dollars for the players . The other cities of the ATP 500 of the 2025 calendar which will be published in the coming months) will be Acapulco, Barcelona, Basel, Beijing, Dubai, Halle, Hamburg, London, Rio de Janeiro, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Vienna and Washington DC
This reform does not close the doors to Argentina Open to a possible upgrade next year or in the coming years for the Buenos Aires competition, which will have to wait for promotion until 2026.
2023-11-08 18:05:46
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