I”Important successes emerge from Bagnaia to Sinner and his companions. It is important that Italy expresses excellence in various fields”. This was underlined by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, speaking at the Quirinale on the occasion of the Leonardo Prize.
The President of the Republic has expressed his desire to meet the athletes who won the Davis Cup to express the congratulations of the entire country to them and – it has been learned – awaits them at the Quirinale on any day of their choosing starting from today.
“Unfortunately we won’t be able to go to the Quirinale on December 21st: we’re terribly sorry for President Mattarella with whom we have an unfinished promise.” On the phone with ANSA, the president of the federtennis Angelo Binaghi clarifies that the appointment announced by Colle with a tweet to celebrate the victory of the Davis Cup by the Azzurri will inevitably have to be rescheduled. “The boys have already had their holidays on the calendar for some time before leaving for Australia, where the racing season begins” explains Binaghi.
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“We feel sorry for President Mattarella, because we had the government close to us, with the minister of sport and with the message that the prime minister sent me: we will do it when possible – explains Binaghi – because we have a pending promise with the head of the State. When I was invited with Matteo Berrettini, fresh Wimbledon finalist together with the national football team that won the European Championships, I told him it’s a historic date for us but it doesn’t end here. Soon we will come to you as winners and not finalists.”
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“We can’t be there on December 21st – adds Binaghi – because the tennis season is like this, the boys have already planned their holidays, in view of leaving for Australia. And we must not change one iota, always be the ourselves, not to get lost in the catwalks, even if the one at the Quirinale obviously isn’t. I say that we must not change our habits which are application, work, method”.
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“I said that the current objective was not Davis, but a medium and long term, ambitious one, to see Italy at the top of tennis in the coming years: I confirm it, today is just the beginning of a long celebration”. The No.1 of the Fitp celebrates the triumph in Malaga with a budget that has program value “Tennis – he explains – is achieving great results thanks to the intervention of politics in sport, with subjects such as Sport and Health. Our successes are not the result of the CONI system, but of the government’s policies. We were poor, ugly and dirty, now we are rich, beautiful and an example.”
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2023-11-27 17:06:00
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