The Russian team rejoices in winning the Billie Jean King Tennis Cup tournament.
Ondrej Deml, ČTK
–
“The fans were amazing, especially when the home team played. And it’s great that we had spectators at all,” the legendary King pointed out at a news conference before Saturday’s final that the current situation of global restrictions on coronavirus proliferation makes it difficult to sell tickets.
Fans were most interested in Czech matches. The maximum was a duel with the Swiss, with 6900 spectators coming to the match with the Germans last Monday, according to the organizers. The least crowded stands were for group matches on Tuesday (1800) and Wednesday (2200). The semi-finals were seen by 3,500 people and 4,500 spectators came to the finals between the winning Russia and Switzerland.
The tennis players will face the British in the next BJK Cup qualification
–
“Everyone can be happy that everything worked out. I consider it a small miracle,” said the head of the Czech Tennis Association Ivo Kaderka. “Thank you for the great work,” said David Haggerty, head of the ITF. He hopes that the new organizer will have more time to prepare for the finals next year.
An accident or a scam? The Swiss team did not try to injure the Russian number one
–
King also highlighted how everything was prepared. “It was great food, hotel, secured transportation. I appreciate how everything went,” praised the seventy-year-old vital American.
The new model of the women’s tennis team competition, formerly called the Fed Cup, was prepared by the organizers in Prague in eight weeks. They quickly took over the world championship after Budapest.
The Russians are celebrating a triumph in the BJK Cup, they have already decided in singles
–
Barbora Krejčíková, the world number three, was the highest in the rankings, and five players came from twenty WTA singles. Missing world number one Australian Ashleigh Barty, who ended the season, seven players did not have a team in the final and the rest preferred to prepare for the Champions Tournament.
The peak of the individual season is played this week from Wednesday in Guadalajara, Mexico. “The ITF and the WTA Tour are discussing and the dialogue needs to continue,” King said.
Djokovic will rewrite history. He will finish the record seventh season as number one
–
The organizers stated that the domestic budget of the tournament reached one hundred million crowns. The Czech government supported the event with 65 million crowns from the budget reserve, ten million by the city and 25 million by the organizers from sponsors and admission fees. They count on a balanced budget.
The International Tennis Federation ITF distributed $ 10.4 million – 6.8 million among players and 3.6 million among national associations, ie approximately 6.4 million crowns per federation.
Substitute Jaburova withdrew from the Champions Tournament due to injury
–
A new organizer of the final tournament for next year is now being sought, the ITF wants to announce it at the beginning of the year. Asked if the Czech Republic would be interested in the event again, Kaderka told the Tennis World: “Never say never. I don’t say no or yes, because it’s always about money. We will never generate such a lot of money from a small Czech economy sponsor or advertisement “It’s always about the capital and the government having to help.”
– .
