AN ATP MASTERS SERIES EVENT
11th - 19th OCTOBER
Out of court : 2007
NEW RECORD OF ATTENDANCE IN THE MUTUA MADRILEÑA MASTERS MADRID
For the first time in six years, the tickets for a day pass in a weekday are sold out
 Madrid, October 17th. Once again, the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid breaks a record of attendance. Today, Wednesday, in the second round journey, where Rafael Nadal is going to make his début, tickets for both the day pass and the night pass are sold out.The most striking fact is that, for the first time in six years, the “complete” sign has been hanged in one of the day passes in a weekday. Today Wednesday, the Central Court would be in its full capacity the whole day. Those figures allow the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid to aspire to break its current record of attendance, set nowadays in 134.093 people that attended the tournament in the 9 days of the competition in 2006. The Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid counts on the 48 best tennis players of the world, and it also hung the “no tickets” sign in the yesterday night pass, as well as in the night passes for the qualyfying round on Saturday and Sunday. The tournament had already sold all its tickets for the night passes of Thursday and Friday, and for the semifinals and final matches for next weekend. For the Thursday day pass there are still 1216 tickets to sell, and for the Friday day pass there are only 906 tickets left. The sixth edition of the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid started last Saturday 13th, and will end next Sunday 21st of October. The tournament taking place in the Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo receives the 48 best rackets of the world. It also counts on a wide number of sponsors. Among them we can find Mutua Madrileña, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Mercedes-Benz, Telefónica, Prosegur, Grupo Mahou San Miguel, Grupo Prasa, EADS, Rolex, Air Europa, y Ricoh, Lacoste, Enel, ISS, Banco Madrid, Hugo Boss, Schweppes, Tien 21, Adecco, Metro, ABC and Marca. |