Bangalore to Replace Mumbai and Change Weeks on ATP Calendar
Posted on May 20, 2008
PRESS RELEASE
Sydney, Australia -- ATP, the governing body for the men's professional tennis circuit, today announced that the Indian city of Bangalore will replace Mumbai as an ATP Tour tournament. Held in Mumbai for the previous two years, the new Bangalore event will be played in the week commencing September 29, after the ATP board approved a request to move the tournament week and venue.
"We've enjoyed having the tournament in Mumbai the last two years and we would really like to thank the people of Mumbai for their great support of the event," said Mahesh Bhupathi, ATP player and Managing Director of Globosport.
"When the tournament moved from Ho Chi Minh to Mumbai we had the aim of growing tennis further on the sub-continent and we are happy with the success that we have achieved here in Mumbai. Moving the tournament to Bangalore will give men's tennis another opportunity to spread its wings in India and I am very much looking forward to playing in my home city."
Bangalore, located in the South of India, is no stranger to ATP events, having hosted the ATP World Doubles Championships in 2000. The new outdoor tournament, to be played at the 7,000 seat KSLTA Signature Kingfisher Tennis Stadium in Cubbon Park, will see some of the best ATP players fighting to become the inaugural singles and doubles champions of the Bangalore Open.
"We are very pleased that the long history of ATP tennis continues to move forward with the Indian Open relocating to Bangalore. We have been very pleased with the event and our partners in Mumbai, and look forward to taking the event, with our new partners, to an even higher level in the great city of Bangalore," says Michael Luevano, Executive Director, International Division, New Sports & Entertainment, a Division of Shanghai Ba-Shi Industrial Group.
Tournament owners, Shanghai Ba-Shi Industrial Group, are also the promoters of Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, the season-ending championships of the ATP.
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