A grant of $ 3 million and the participation of 128 players! The WTA 125k tournament in Prague is gaining huge proportions

“Following the WTA press release, I confirm that the largest tennis tournament ever hosted by our country will be played in Prague from August 29. Also, the $ 3.075 million prize money paid by USTA is one of the largest ever won in the Czech Republic. competed in any sport, “commented CTS President Ivo Kaderka in a press release.

Originally, in addition to Prague, Portschach, Austria, was to host a second tournament for tennis players from the second and third hundred rankings who would normally play in the New York qualifiers. However, the WTA eventually awarded the entire competition to the Czech capital. In addition to singles, doubles with a spider for 32 pairs will be played on clay in Stromovka. Rewards will be paid in full by the USTA, the organizer of the US Open Grand Slam.

“We see the doubling of the already announced WTA tournament as a huge award for the quality of the WTA tournament, which ended on Sunday. Thanks to the satisfaction of players and WTA representatives, we were invited to organize a big event for 128 players. who also sought this event, succeeded, “said David Trunda, the director of the tournament and TK Sparta Prague. Last week, Prague hosted one of the first WTA tournaments after a coronavirus break with a $ 225,500 grant, won by world number two Simona Halepová from Romania.

The tournament will be organized by TK Sparta Praha, but due to the large number of matches, the organizing team will also use the premises of the 1st ČLTK Prague until Tuesday. “We perceive it with great humility and with the same care with which we prepared the last tournament, we are already fully preparing a double event,” added Trunda.

The 125K tournament category was established by the WTA in 2012 as an intermediate stage for players coming from ITF tournaments trying to advance on the circuit. Kristýna Plíšková won one of the Czech tennis players four years ago in Ta-lien, China.

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