A special press conference was held today (Monday) in preparation for the 250th ATP round that will arrive in Israel after 26 years and will be held at "Expo" Tel Aviv on September 26, under the auspices of businessman Michael Miralshvili and in cooperation with the Tennis Association, for a total of over one million dollars in prizes .
The list of players will be published on September 7, when 2 free tickets will be provided to the Israeli players, while the Austrian Dominic Thiem, who was ranked third in the world in the past and returned from injury, will also receive a free ticket, when the tickets will be sold at the end of August.
Chairman of the Tennis Association Aviv Peretz said: "We are happy that it fell to us to host the tournament.
This guarantees tennis fans in Israel, to see the best tennis players in the world up close.
The tournament will conclude a particularly festive month of tennis in Israel, which will be preceded by the meeting against the Czech Republic in Israel."
"This is a record event of a year in which we hosted a number of tournaments, over 30 international competitions a year. There is also an intention to return the Challenger tournaments to Israel."
The representative of Tel Aviv municipality, attorney Lior Shapira: "It's been a while in the city that we see international events.
This is a tennis celebration for the residents of the city and for the entire State of Israel.
At the expo, we will especially build four tennis courts."
The representative of the organizing committee Victor Chernov said: "This is an opportunity for the city of Tel Aviv to be part of the world tennis tour, which will host over 50 of the top athletes in the tour. ATP is always organized at the highest level."
Michael Roitman from Watergen, one of the sponsors of the tournament: "We are very excited to bring the ATP tournament back to Israel, the tournament will host the best tennis players in the world, we hope that this will be a long-standing tradition and we will be part of a tradition of sports events in the world."
The Israel Tennis Association stated: "We are very excited about the existence of a tournament of this magnitude in Israel. The tournament is another step in bringing tennis back to the forefront as part of the vision of the Tennis Association. This is a wonderful opportunity for all tennis lovers in Israel to closely watch top-class tennis players and enjoy a tremendous tennis experience."
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