Will Kevin Anderson be the last to lift the SA Tennis Open?
Following the monumental success of the SA Tennis Open, and Montecasino playing host to the tournament for three consecutive years, the ATP does not have the SA Tennis Open in their 2012 calendar.
South African Tennis Association has known since November last year that the SA Tennis Open has been removed from the 2012 ATP calendar and they have been keeping mum.
“We are not on the 2012 calendar and it will be a sad day if we don’t put the tournament back on, but I don’t think it will be the end of tennis in this country. We did not have it for a while and tennis continued,” said Ian Smith, South African Tennis Association CEO and tournament director.
“We have other initiatives going on like Soweto Open and development programmes around the country," said Smith.
Explaining the problem, he said it arose "because we had a contract with South African Airways and ATP for three years and it was up at the end of this event".
He added: "There are other tournaments that have been moved around.
“I am in discussions with the ATP to keep us on the calendar.”
The ATP had to reduce the number of weeks of competing on an international level. The players felt that the calendar was too long. The ATP had already taken a decision to reduce 2012 calendar by a few weeks starting on November 5.
Following the monumental success of the SA Tennis Open, and Montecasino playing host to the tournament for three consecutive years, the ATP does not have the SA Tennis Open in their 2012 calendar.
South African Tennis Association has known since November last year that the SA Tennis Open has been removed from the 2012 ATP calendar and they have been keeping mum.
“We are not on the 2012 calendar and it will be a sad day if we don’t put the tournament back on, but I don’t think it will be the end of tennis in this country. We did not have it for a while and tennis continued,” said Ian Smith, South African Tennis Association CEO and tournament director.
“We have other initiatives going on like Soweto Open and development programmes around the country," said Smith.
Explaining the problem, he said it arose "because we had a contract with South African Airways and ATP for three years and it was up at the end of this event".
He added: "There are other tournaments that have been moved around.
“I am in discussions with the ATP to keep us on the calendar.”
The ATP had to reduce the number of weeks of competing on an international level. The players felt that the calendar was too long. The ATP had already taken a decision to reduce 2012 calendar by a few weeks starting on November 5.
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