Tennis, Turin with Innsbruck and Madrid for the Davis Cup finals

2021-04-12T16:22:11.403Z

 Turin will be one of the venues of the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals 2021 scheduled from 25 November to 5 December 2021. The ITF (the International Federation) and Kosmos Tennis announced today. The Piedmontese capital and the Austrian city of Innsbruck were selected together with Madrid. Each city will be home to two of the six groups of three teams, with Madrid hosting two quarter-finals and Innsbruck and Turin one quarter-final each. The Spanish capital will also host the semi-finals and the final. "I think I can say that never before has a country occupied such an important place in the Grand Tennis calendar as the one that Italy will hold in November. First the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, then the Nitto ATP Finals. and the Davis Cup in Turin: a triptych of super events thanks to which we will have the eyes of the whole world on us for a whole month ", comments the president of the Italian Tennis Federation, Angelo Binaghi, satisfied. "I am proud to have contributed to building what will be not only a great sporting spectacle but also, and I would like above all, a strong sign of our country's ability to restart. I think that, by decentralizing the final phase of the Davis Cup to three locations, Kosmos has made a right and sensible decision, which will contribute to the success of the oldest team sports competition in the world. For us Italians, strong in a young and competitive team as it has rarely been in the past, to be able to play at home semifinals is a great opportunity, which the entire national tennis movement deserved ". Satisfaction on behalf of the government is also expressed by the undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for sport, Valentina Vezzali, who speaks of "yet another recognition not only to Italian tennis but also to our country and its organizational skills in the field of sporting events . Being able to host the final stages of the Davis Cup in Turin is yet another success for Italian tennis in this period, which is already full of satisfactions thanks to the results of our athletes. The Government and specifically the Department for Sport will be alongside Federtennis and of the Municipality of Turin also for this event, which will follow the Nitto ATP Finals show for a few days ".