Seventeen years later, Mallorca will once again have an ATP tournament. Far away is the Mallorca Open that was played in 2002 and also meant a special moment for a player, Rafa Nadal, who over the years has become the best or one of the best in history. In Santa Ponça Nadal won his first game on the ATP circuit. Now, in 2019, the ATP returns to Mallorca and does it with an ATP 250 that will be held just a week before the big date in Wimbledon , a fact that probably makes names like Nadal or Federer himself cannot dispute it because of its proximity with the English Grand Slam. The Mallorca Championships, which will be played from June 20 to 27, 2020, will distribute 900,000 euros in prizes.

On the possible presence of Nadal in the tournament, Toni Nadal said: "I don't know if Rafa can play because in the end it is a decision that Carlos and Rafael have to make. It is one thing to be director of the tournament and another to pressure Rafael so that play. They must decide, "he said.

Even so, during the presentation held in Palma, both Toni Nadal, tournament director and Edwin Winderfoer , head of E-Motion, the creator of the WTA Mallorca Open and now of the ATP Mallorca Championships, confirmed the presence of more players that stand out as Feliciano López, first confirmed tennis player. López, during his appearance, explained how his point of view changed as he was the organizer of the Madrid tournament. "It has been a fantastic experience. When you are on the other side you see the effort there is to carry out tournaments of this type."

"The WTA did not allow us to play after 19.00"

One of the great novelties that the tournament is going to have is the possibility of playing matches at night since the facilities where the tournament will be played will have spotlights installed so that night games can be played. "The WTA did not allow us to play past seven in the afternoon for reasons I did not understand or share but respected," said Winderfoer. The head of the tournament's driving company later added that "ATP officials came and saw that there was no problem with the tracks so we can play games at night and I think that will make the tournament more attractive to spectators "

Feliciano López, meanwhile, acknowledged that having a grass tournament in Mallorca "is a dream." "It is fortunate and we must take advantage of it. We have three professional tournaments in Spain that are the one in Barcelona, ​​the one in Madrid and now this and also the challenger tournaments. I think that Spanish tennis is doing things very well and trying to help tennis players they start and that must be taken advantage of, "explained the Toledo player who acknowledged that playing on the grass for him will be more than positive. "It's my favorite surface," argued with a smile the winner of the Queen's tournament in 2019. In the months leading up to the tournament, other players will be announced who will complete the final draw.

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