“The World Legends Tour: Bringing Retired ATP Tennis Players Back in Action”

From June 16 to 18 in Guadalajara, the World Legends Tour will take place for the first time, where in the first instance will bring eight great tennis players who are already retired from the ATP circuit, However, the ambition is great for this event since in the future they would like the Swiss Roger Federer to join, who has 20 Grand Slam titles and who retired last year.

“This idea was born with Tommy Hass trying to make a first stop in Mexico, and then do a circuit, just like in golf where there is a Senior PG, and do something similar, and with the intention that in the coming years Roger Federer can join, who has already retired, or eventually Rafael Nadal is going to retire, in addition to other players like Andy Murray or Stanislas Wawrinka, and there are others who have just retired but we couldn’t put them on now because they are very fresh with the older ones” , declared Giovanni Lapennti, organizer of the tournament.

The former Ecuadorian tennis player pointed out that this World Legends Tour aims for already retired ATP figures to continue competing for a title, and not just for making exhibition games.

“The idea is to create a circuit where all the players who are retired can continue competing, and doing what they like the most because it is what they miss the most. They have a very important level and generate a very good show, and we are lucky to be able to bring them now in Jalisco. So it is the idea that here is the first of many, ”he indicated.

Which tennis players will participate in the World Legends Tour?

The eight tennis players who will be fighting for this first title of the World Legends Tour are: the Spanish David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López, the German Tommy Haas, the Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela, the Czech Radek Stepanek, the Ecuadorian Nicolás Lapentti and the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

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