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Hamburg (dpa) – Hamburg should remain the long-term location of the ATP tennis tournament, a departure from the Hanseatic city excluding the new tournament director at the moment.
"We want to make a clear commitment," said Austrian Peter-Michael Reichel according to the announcement, which corresponded to the request of the German Tennis Federation (DTB). The agreement between the DTB and the city in mid-October to modernize the Rothenbaum stadium was an important step in that direction, Reichel said.
From July 22 to 28, 2019, the ATP 500er clay court will be held for the first time under the direction of Reichel. Aged 66, she also wants to organize a women's tournament in Hamburg in the future. The decision as to whether this will be possible next year is likely to fall in the first half of December.
Reichel, founder of the Linz WTA tournament and organizer of the Nuremberg Women's Tournament, took over Hamburg's license from Michael Stich. The DTB had not renewed with the former winner of Wimbledon after ten years.
The new licensee wants to bring the tournament back to the top. The best German tennis player, Alexander Zverev, will probably only participate in his home country, if he can prepare for it on a hard ground for tournaments in the United States. A bridge change on the Rothenbaum allows Reichel to be an option for the future, but 2019 will be played on sand.
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