Roger Federer reacts to ATP Finals being played in Turin
Through his official Facebook account, Roger Federer reacted to the ATP Finals being staged in Turin, Italy, from 2021 to 2025. The Swiss player, who will be 40 years old when the event will be played in Italy for the first time, shared a video and wrote: "THE NEXT CHAPTER | Exciting new chapter for the ATP Tour."
The ATP Chief Executive Chris Kermode, who will not have this current role from January 1 2020, added: "Our congratulations to Turin on putting together such a comprehensive and impressive bid. Italy provides us with one of the strongest and most established tennis markets in Europe and has a proven track record for hosting world-class tennis events with the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, as well as the NextGen ATP Finals in Milan. The success of the ATP Finals is critical to the health of the ATP and we believe that Turin has all the ingredients to take the event to new heights and to continue the tournament’s growth following a highly successful 12-year stint in London that will come to an end in 2020. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our event partners in London, particularly AEG, and all the fans that have made the tournament such a success at The O2 since 2009. The winning Turin bid was put together by the Italian Tennis Federation and Sport e Salute SpA in partnership with the Italian Government, the municipality of Turin and Regione Piemonte. The move to Turin brings the ATP Finals to Italy for the first time in its 50-year history and makes Turin the 15th city to host the prestigious season-ending tournament since its inception in 1970."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2GAIzkZ
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