Kalendarz ATP Tour

[jaccol55]

Żenujący jest ten pęd za pieniądzem.

[Sempere]

Żenujący jest ten pęd za pieniądzem.

Niestety taka jest natura większości ludzi. Masz milion i chcesz posiadać miliard. Gdzieś tam czytałem, że większość pieniędzy świata jest w posiadaniu zdecydowanej mniejszości ludzi (wydaje mi się, że chodziło o 5 %). Pewnie zabrzmi to populistycznie, ale jedni nie wiedzą, co zrobić z mamoną, a inni giną z głodu.

[sheva]

Turniej w Los Angeles prawdopodobnie zniknie z kalendarza ATP.

http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/11/los- ... Jw8SYbAq3M

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Załamka. Coraz więcej zasłużonych, amerykańskich turniejów znika z rozgrywek.

[robpal]

Załamka. Coraz więcej zasłużonych, amerykańskich turniejów znika z rozgrywek.

Są w USA chętni do przejęcia tego turnieju. Jeszcze nie w nadchodzącym sezonie (Bogota), ale coś w USA wskoczy na jego miejsce.

[Shinoda]

Scottsdale(Vegas), to by było coś. ewentualnie New Haven, które zawsze lubiłem za ten nocny klimat.

Swoją drogą, myślę, że wpływ na znikanie imprez ze Stanów mają również wyniki osiągane przez tenisistów z USA. Skończył się Roddick czy Blake, czyli ostatnie uznane marki światowej klasy w tenisie, więc czemuż to niby Amerykanie mieliby organizować taką pokaźną liczbę turniejów.

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Załamka. Coraz więcej zasłużonych, amerykańskich turniejów znika z rozgrywek.

Są w USA chętni do przejęcia tego turnieju. Jeszcze nie w nadchodzącym sezonie (Bogota), ale coś w USA wskoczy na jego miejsce.

Wiesz, ale mimo wszystko - LA, jedno z największych miasta świata i nie potrafią utrzymać tam turnieju ATP. Zdaje sobie sprawę, że to wynika z kryzysu, jaki dotknął amerykański, męski tenis, ale mimo wszystko to denerwuje (kiedyś to był niesamowicie prestiżowy turniej).

[Barty]

Potwierdzenie:

ATP finalizes sale of L.A. tournament to Bogota

The ATP Board of Directors has approved the sale of the Los Angeles tournament to a group in Bogota, Colombia. The new tournament will be staged at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento, the same locale that hosted an ATP event from 1997-2002.

The Bogota tournament will take place on outdoor hard courts from July 15-21, 2013. Consequently, the tournament in Atlanta will take place a week later, July 22-28.

It is unclear whether the Bogota tournament will remain in that same week in 2014, as organizers have expressed a desire to be part of the Latin American swing, which takes place in Febraury. However, there have been discussions within the ATP of moving the entire Latin American swing to the fall.

http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/12/atp- ... ota/45677/

[DUN I LOVE]

Stachowski napisał na twitterze, że turniej w Belgradzie został zdjęty z kalendarza ATP. Nagrali.

[Shinoda]

Dobra wiadomość.

[Samurray]

Legendarny clay-court-classic Querrey - Isner, łzy w oczach.

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SERBIA OPEN 2013
Serbia Open In Belgrade Comes To A Close

The Serbia Open tennis tournament in Belgrade will no longer feature on the ATP World Tour calendar, following the decision by the organisers to cease the tournament’s operations. The event, owned by Novak Djokovic and run by his family, was first held in 2009.

Family Sport, the tournament organisers, said: "We have made the most rational decision considering the circumstances. We are grateful for everyone's contribution and help in running this event that brought a lot of international stars and attention to Serbia. Unfortunately, we will not be able to run the Belgrade tournament and we have decided to cease the tournament's operations from 2013."

The tournament had been scheduled to take place from April 29 – May 5, 2013. Belgrade’s ATP World Tour 250 class membership has been purchased back by the ATP.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... -Ends.aspx

[Joao]

ATP zatwierdziło kalendarz na sezon 2014.

Najważniejsze zmiany:

-ATP 500 w Rio de Janeiro
-Acapulco na nawierchni twardej
-Przerwa między Paryżem i WTF

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-Przerwa między Paryżem i WTF

Szybko wyciągnęli wnioski.

[Sempere]

Mogli by coś pozmieniać w mastersach, w jakiś nowych miejscach turnieje rozegrać. Moim skromnym zdaniem bardziej Argentyna zasługuje na "500" niż Brazylia.

[DUN I LOVE]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfSxH8c ... XA&index=7[/youtube]

[Advantage]

MERCEDESCUP 2014
First Stage Of Stuttgart's Great Switch Complete
Stuttgart, Germany


The MercedesCup will become a grass-court
tournament in June 2015.

Spoiler:

Work is well underway at TC Weissenhof for the MercedesCup’s switch from a clay- to grass-court ATP World Tour 250 tournament in June 2015.

Over the past three months, Courts 12, 13 and 18 have been rebuilt, in consultation with the All England Club at Wimbledon, and currently stands are being erected around Court 18.

“The soil structure and grass mixture we are using in Stuttgart is equal to Wimbledon”, said Christian Engelmann, CEO of Engelmann Golfplatzpflege GmbH, the company in charge for the retrofitting. “We would like to thank the All England Lawn Tennis Club for their excellent support. If everything progresses well and stays on schedule, the first three grass courts in Stuttgart will be ready for play end of May 2014.”

Richard Lewis, Chief Executive of the All England Club, added, “We are very pleased to see the first stage of the building process of the new grass court facilities completed. Our cooperation with the Organisers of the MercedesCup, Emotion and Tennisclub Weissenhof has been excellent so far and we are glad that we have been able to contribute some of our know-how and experience in the building of the new grass courts in Stuttgart.”

Laurent Delanney, CEO ATP Europe, said, “It is pleasing that the initial stages of the transition from clay to grass are going well. The MercedesCup was awarded an ATP grass court event after presenting a thorough application and we have great confidence that the organizers will deliver a high-level ATP grass court event in the lead up to Wimbledon.”

On 7 July 2014, former Wimbledon champions John McEnroe and Michael Stich will contest an exhibition match on Mercedes Court, former Court 18, with a capacity of 2,000 seats. By 2015, Center Court and EnBWCourt will also be converted to grass courts.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... -Work.aspx

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Bangkok znika z kalendarza ATP - w miejsce tajskiej imprezy pojawi się nowy event ATP - w chińskim Shenzhen.

New Shenzhen Event Strengthens ATP's China Presence
Shenzhen, China


The 2014 ATP World Tour will feature a tournament in Shenzhen, China.

Spoiler:

The 2014 ATP World Tour will feature a tournament in Shenzhen, China, following the ATP Board of Directors’ approval of the relocation of the ATP World Tour 250 tournament previously held in Bangkok, Thailand.

The tournament in Shenzhen will be played from September 22-28 at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center, a state-of-the-art facility with more than 20 outdoor match courts. The transfer means that, for the first time, China will play host to an ATP World Tour 250, 500 and Masters 1000 event across three successive weeks during the Asia swing from 2014.

Alison Lee, ATP Executive Vice President, International Group, said, “China has long been a growing market for men’s professional tennis and we’re delighted to strengthen our presence in the region through the addition of this ATP World Tour 250 tournament in Shenzhen. The opportunities for growth in China continue to abound, and we look forward to working with the tournament organisers in delivering a first-class event in 2014. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have supported the Thailand Open in Bangkok over the past 11 years.”

Tournament Director, Allon Khakshouri, said, “I want to thank BEC-Tero, the LTAT, and all the sponsors and supporters of the Thailand Open, as well as all the Thai fans, for making this tournament such a success. The entire tennis world will miss the warm and friendly Thai hospitality. At the same time, it is a privilege for me to share my experience as the Tournament Director with the new team in the host city of Shenzhen. The new ATP World Tour event, Shenzhen Open, confirms the exponential growth of tennis in the People's Republic of China.”

For more than a decade, the ATP has played an instrumental role in the growth of tennis in China through the strategic development of its top tier of tournaments. The Tennis Masters Cup, first held in Shanghai in 2002, and from 2005-‘08, catapulted tennis into the limelight in China. Since 2009, Beijing and Shanghai have hosted ATP World Tour 500 and Masters 1000 events respectively. The addition of the ATP World Tour 250 event in Shenzhen from 2014 means that China becomes the first country outside the United States to host tournaments across all three ATP World Tour tournament categories.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... nzhen.aspx

[Mario]

Akurat Bangkok z tej całej azjatyckiej szopki najbardziej mnie przekonywał, więc trochę szkoda. Chińczycy organizują kolejny turniej, jeśli nie uda im się skusić jakiegoś wielkiego nazwiska to z frekwencją może być nieciekawie.

[DUN I LOVE]

Podobno Portugal Open ma bardzo poważne problemy z pozyskaniem sponsorów. Do zamknięcia budżetu brakuje od 2 do 3,5 mln euro.