Ehe Puente Romano Hotel Tennis Club in Marbella will host the Spain–Romania Davis Cup tie as a tribute to Manolo Santana – Publimetro México”>Davis Cup Qualifier between Spain and Romania. March 4 and 5. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed this officially this Thursday.
The mayor of Marbella, Angeles Muoz, and the general director of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET), Lorenzo Martnez, have held this morning a meeting to finalize details of the organization, to have the support of the Junta de Andaluca, the Diputacin de Málaga, the Marbella City Council and the Andalusian Tennis Federation (FAT).
The tie It can be played outdoors on a clay court, with a capacity for 4,000 spectators. Ticket sales will begin at the end of this month of January. In the next few days the purchase process and The prices, which will range between 50 and 120 for passes for the two days of competition.
It has a great tourist, economic and medical impact
ngeles Muoz has underlined that the Davis Cup “has a great tourist, economic and medical impact. It is much more than a sports tournament, it touches the heart and, furthermore, Marbella has always given the national team very good luck.”
International tribute to Manolo Santana
For his part, Lorenzo Martnez has highlighted the RFET’s commitment to Marbella to pay tribute to the figure of the recently disappeared Manolo Santana, closely linked to this city on the Costa del Sol.
“We are going to count on the participation of his fellow players and former Davis Cup players and national and international personalities from the world of tennis,” he explained about the event that will be held on Saturday, March 5, on the same court at the Hotel Tennis Club. Roman bridge.
Finals ticket at stake
Be the fourth time the Davis Cup visits Marbella. He had previously done it in the Plaza de Toros de Puerto Bans in 2009, and in the same Club Tenis Hotel Puente Romano in 1989 and 2018.
The winner of the tie will qualify for the Finals of the Davis Cup of 2022, which will debut a new format of 16 teams divided into four groups in four different venues, of which the 8 teams will enter the final phase in a fifth venue to be designated.
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