ASB Classic officials seeking government help to lure elite stars – Tennis News
Officials of ASB Classic tournament will launch a campaign in which they will attract the government authorities to invest some money in their tennis that will help them to attract big guns especially the elite Top-10 category.
The tournament contested at Auckland has always witnessed the underdogs of tennis as the seeded players which are not yielding fruitful returns in terms of viewership and outcome from the vent. If the government offer dollars, it will help the organizers to
improve the prize money, give bigger appearance fees to the elite players and lure some other big names that mostly prefer playing in Australia for the warm-up of the year’s first Grand Slam Championship, the Australian Open.
Budge stated in a press conference, "Could have a pretty good tilt at Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak (Djokovic), but we'll certainly in the new year look to have a conversation, see what we can do to ensure financial stability
of these tournaments and make sure that we continue to bring the best players in the world out to these shores."
Karl Budge is the tournament director of the event in Auckland that will begin in January next year. He is not going to change anything for the time being and putting all his focus on the arrangement of the event but the review
of the financial model will begin in February next year in which the facilities and prize money will be the major factor of concern.
The tournament officials has surprised everyone by luring some talented players from the Top-30 category; six of them including the fifth ranked Spanish superstar, David Ferrer, who will commence the contest as the top seeded player
as well as the defending champion. It is going to be a tough task for the officials to gain some help from government considering the financial breakdown throughout the world. However, if they are able to successfully attract some more big names for the next
edition of the tournament, they will have a strong case to present to the government and which will definitely yield them some massive investment with mammoth monetary and non-monetary returns.
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