AN ATP MASTERS SERIES EVENT
11th - 19th OCTOBER
MMMM 2008 : 2008
FUTURE MASTERS
From 3rd to 6th of July will be held at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid on Mutua Madrileña Future Masters
- The winner will receive a wild card for the pre Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid which will be played on 11 and October 12 at the Exhibition
- The winner will receive a wild card for the pre Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid which will be played on 11 and October 12 at the Exhibition
Madrid, 2nd of July, 2008. For the fourth consecutive year, one of the invitations to the pre Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid will play in the Future Masters, a tournament made for future promises of tennis. From 3rd to 6th of July, will gather at the Club de Campo 16 young players under 18 who will fight to achieve a place in the previous of one of the biggest tournaments of the ATP circuit. "As the National Team of football showed on Sunday is very important to have a good base in any sport. Those who won the European Championship on Sunday already knew what it is to win in the low categories. Something similar happens in tennis. We have seen the importance of supporting the younger ones who could become Nadal, Robredo and Ferrer in a future. We give them a unique opportunity to see inside a major tennis tournament and share facilities with the biggest of tennis", said Manolo Santana, director of the tournament.The Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid continues with the project to support the beginners in tennis when the insurance company came to sponsor the tournament. This will be the fourth year in which a young unknown Spanish jump to one of the tracks of the tournament to play against Agustin Calleri or Nicolas Massu, common in the pre ATP Masters Series. "None of the three lads who managed the triumph achieved in previous years to win his first match, but that's not really the important to them. The important thing is facing a player who is in the Top 100 in the ATP ranking, come inside to live one of these tournaments, shared chanching room, restaurant, the area of the players… It is a dream that comes true.", Santana adds. Within the table in the tournament, Javier Marti confirmed his participation, although he resigned last minute due by injury. Among the players who begin to participate morning, four of them are among the first 600 of the ITF ranking. The galician Jaime Vazquez Catoira is the part-seeded tournament. Trained by Marco Casal, began to play with 7 years old. Today is the ITF junior ranking of 390. Thin the pre Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid which will be played on 11th and 12th of October in the tracks of the Exhibition Center of the Casa de Campo. The Future Mutua Madrileña Masters is sponsored by Mutua Madrileña, the Madrid city council, Adecco, Air Europe, Toscaf Cafes and Mark. Hours of Mutua Madrileña Futures MASTERS Day / Turner Ronde de Partidos horarias Thursday, 3 / 10:00 am Round Friday, 4 / 11:00 am Quarterfinal Saturday 5 / 11:00 am Semifinals Sunday 6 / 12:30 am Final |