International tennis in San Marino, President Forcellini announces: “They will return from 8 to 14 August 2022”
The federal elections a few weeks ago marked the start of a new Olympic cycle, three years to consolidate ongoing projects and to win new challenges. At the federal helm there will still be Christian Forcellini.
“I am I’m happy that there have been some new entries in the board that will work alongside me – says the president of the San Marino tennis federation, Christian Forcellini, in a press release from the San Marino National Olympic Committee -. I am I am also happy that a woman, Cristina Carattoni, has entered, a great sports enthusiast, who will be able to dare a positive impulse to our movement. Among the news also Stefano Pazzinithat farà from connection with the beach tennis and padel sectors. I am also very pleased with the return of Elia Santi as general secretaryafter the break he had had to take for personal reasons. It is a good team, with good operational prospects“.
The challenges for the near future are clear: “We would like to set up a Fed Cup team, now Billie Jean King Cup, the women’s equivalent of the Davis Cup – explains Forcellini -. Thanks to the good work done in recent years, we can count on a good pool of athletes in perspective. For many years we have been deploying our men’s team in Davis, now we would like to be represented also by the women. It will be internationally It is also important to consolidate the already good relations with Itf and Tennis Europe. The pandemic has shown how important the support of international organizations is. We also aim to consolidate the growth of our Federal School and to encourage new initiatives, in collaboration with the Castto bring more and more people closer to tennis “.
For 2022 there are already some important certainties: “We made a choice – rebrands n. 1 of the Federtennis del Titano – that of give up the youth tournaments of the Tennis Europe circuit to focus on the Itf Under 18 tournamentwell-established event which, among others, crowned a champion like Tsitsipas, e on the organization of the San Marino Open Tennis Internationals, which the ATP confirmed to us from 8 to 14 August. It is a perfect window for us, which allows us to bring people to San Marino, for the benefit of the local economy and the image of the Tennis Center itself. Over the years, in fact, we have consolidated the management and done in the structure, but due to the pandemic it has not been possible to make it work as it deserves last “.
There are, then, other ambitious projects on the horizon: “We cannot ignore the growth of a discipline like padel – says Forcellini -. The international expansion is also reflected in San Marino, so much so that as a Federation, together with the Secretariat of State for Sport, we have invested in the construction of two new padel courts. Now, with four courts available, we can organize an international tournamentgoal that we have already set ourselves this year “.