the News of the ATP tournament becomes a reality to be expected in connection with the year-scored, the record. Veteranturneringen is thus a part of the ATP project in which Mats Wilander is thought of as turneringschef.
Veterantävlingen is an exhibition, the team known as the Champions Tour and played on 26-29 June in summer.
– To have a contest in the south of Sweden just before Wimbledon, it sounded just perfect. We have tried to get it together in the logistic and now it is so clear. It will be a Davis Cup for players over the age of 50. I think that everything is absolutely perfect and hopefully is born the passion at the amateur level so that we can get new superstars. It is a recipe for the sport to be able to live on, ” says Mats Wilander.
in addition to Wilander John McEnroe, the australian and former Wimbledon winner Pat Cash, and frenchman Henri Leconte. Their tävlingspartners be taken out at a later time.
For the Swedish talent to reach the top to Wilander to see greater attention from the tv companies and media in Swedish tournaments.
” We need to be more visible. It is completely wrong to take away the Davis Cup from places like Helsingborg or the Baltiska hallen in Malmö, sweden. If the Davis Cup to be taken away from Sweden, we have less of a chance to see the Swedish professionals on the track or on tv. When Sweden is at with sports are run by people and people are watching, whether it is football, hockey or handball. You sit and look because it is Sweden and the sudden birth of interest, ” says Wilander.
behind the project is that of Mårten Hedlund, the president of the company 3RS Development, working to develop the sports facilities and sporting events.
” I didn’t want to do it in a city where it disappears in the crowd – cities like Stockholm, Malmö or Gothenburg. I want to make it in a society where it has a great impact in the village itself. Skurup is located 20 minutes away from Malmö city center and 10 minutes from Malmö airport, ” says Hedlund, and continues:
– One should emphasize that this is a private venture, and that no municipal money is pushed in, but the municipality is a strong supporter of it. In addition, the thought of the castle organisation, it was great fun to get the focus.
Svaneholms castle outside Skurup, where the tournament will be played in June. Photo: True Dolck/KVP
Wimbledon’s so-called ground management, the tournament’s plans, around the building of grästennisbanorna at Svaneholms castle. The tracks are not yet built, something Mårten Hedlund don’t see as a problem.
” Now I’m not a person who feels stress, which can be a disadvantage sometimes. But we have a good organization and good people working with turf, and construction, ” says Hedlund.
