Roger Federer helped us sell all tickets in 2010 Stockholm, says organizer
In an exclusive interview with Tennis World USA, Christer Hult recalled when Roger Federer played the Stockholm Open in 2010. Back in the day, Hult was an organizer for the Swedish tournament, and Federer defeated Florian Mayer in the final to win the title. Robin Soderling recently shared the tournament paid Federer some huge cash to play. "We had met him in the US Open. Roger asked how tickets sale was going and we were like, Selling tickets from Monday to Thursday is always difficult in a 250 event. Then we sold tickets for his training sessions and it was completely sold out from Tuesday during his practice sessions and then for the rest of the week in matches. Roger delivered some fantastic performances", said Hult.
On possibly seeing Federer or Novak Djokovic playing in Bastad on clay one day, Hult added: "Playing at Wimbledon for two weeks on the grass and then switching to clay is difficult. But hopefully, Roger comes to Bastad one day. Djokovic, he is a good friend of ours. He played the Davis Cup close to Bastad in another city and they were staying in Serbia."
On why Bastad won the ATP 250 Favorite Player's Tournament for 11 years until 2012, Hult concluded: "We started creating different programmes for players when they do not play and let them do several activities. Our players' lounge is the number one in the world, the locker room, hotel... It's short distances, a combination of different things."
from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2Ryfmwa
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