'Roger Federer still remembers his 1999 Brest Challenger title' - Escude
In an interview the Brest Challenger Tournament Director Nicolas Escude spoke about the event that between 1988 and 2002 featured the likes of the 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer and amazing players like Patrick Rafter, Richard Krajicek, Andrei Chesnokov as well as the Frenchmen Henri Leconte, Cédric Pioline, Sébastien Grosjean and Paul-Henri Mathieu. "For the tournament history it was amazing. Most of all because this category of tournaments are a springboard for the future great players. One year we had a dream final between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Corentin Moutet. It's up to us two attract those younger players who breakthrough in some years", said Escude. "Roger still remembers his first title in 1999 Brest. I remember all his matches and he has a great culture for tennis."
He added: "I am fully committed in this project. It's an unbelievable possibility. The great matches that took place over the years made me keep having the desire to run the tournament. My relationship with the organizers is easy and clear. I always listened at the people who gave me the chance to work on this amazing stadium. Here they are always happy. We have disagrements some times but we keep going whatever happens. When I am here I watch matches and I do not have too much time to visit the city."
Brest Challenger takes place in the same week as two ATP 500s like Vienna and Basel: "They have nothing to do with us in terms of category. It's another world. In the first two editions, Brest tournament was competing with three ATP 250s, which makes you not get any top 100 player. That's why we moved the tournament by one week in 2017."
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