▲ José Escalante, director of the Tennis Showdown, promises a good revenge between two of the best players in world tennis. Photo courtesy of the organizersPhoto courtesy of the organizers
April of the River
Newspaper La Jornada
Saturday March 11, 2023, p. 4
As important as filling the Monumental Plaza de Toros México on March 20 with the exhibition of the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, it will be to project and follow the new generations of Mexican tennis players towards higher levels, affirms José Escalante de la Hidalga, promoter of the Tennis Showdown.
The famous Chaca Chacaa faithful entertainer of the representatives of Mexican tennis in all the matches that have been presented for two and three decades, has dedicated himself to putting on this type of show in Mexico, franchises of the Association of Professional Tennis Players, through which the big stars promote the white sport, since they generate hobbies and the interest of possible future practitioners.
With this exhibition we have had a bit of bad luck. The war was crossed, it was postponed, and then we decided better to cancel it because if we did not do it, they would not return the money to the people
said around Tennis Showdown of the Russians, scheduled in March 2022 at the Arena Ciudad de México, which was suspended due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Since then, Russian players have not been able to participate under the flag or the name of their country in the amateur or professional tennis circuits, even in exhibitions, such as the Showdown in Plaza México, where Roger Federer previously performed successfully in 2019 and Rafael Nadal in December 2022.
“We are very happy, we brought the final from Dubai (last week). It was a very interesting game, Medvedev won and the two previous games had been won by Rublev, so they come for revenge, and it’s very cool because for the spectator what matters is seeing a well-played game.
And that is what we ensure when hiring these two tennis players, because they are friends, they have played together all their lives, but neither of them likes to lose to the other. They are serious, and that is a guarantee
said the businessman, and announced that ticketing costs were reduced by 50 percent.
Before the meeting of the Russians, the Mexicans Santiago González and Manuel Sánchez will appear before the Colombians Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah, who in the previous exhibition lost the substellar doubles match.
The program includes a children’s clinic, activations with children and the final of the Under-16 tournaments in both branches that will be held this weekend at the German Club.
