Davis Cup: Thiem, Djokovic and Zverev in Innsbruck!
World-class tennis in Tyrol - the concept of ÖTV and the agency e | motion has convinced the ITF and organizer Kosmos: Austria will host part of the 2021 Davis Cup final
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last edit: Apr 12, 2021, 12:17 pm
The tennis world will look spellbound to Innsbruck at the end of November this year! After months of negotiations with the marketer Kosmos and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the Tyrolean capital from November 25th to 30th, 2021 as part of the Davis Cup final tournament, also played two groups of three and a quarter-finals between the two group winners like in Turin. The main venue is the Spanish capital Madrid, where the Davis Cup winner 2021 will be determined on December 5th.
"This news is tantamount to a sensation," says ÖTV President Magnus Brunner. "We will be able to present our fans with the finest world-class tennis in November."
Austria was drawn into a group with Serbia and Germany, so the world number one Novak Djokovic, US Open winner Dominic Thiem (4) and US Open finalist Alexander Zverev (6) will match each other in Tyrol Innsbruck played the group C games with France, Great Britain and the Czech Republic.
“It will be a major sporting event, comparable to the Euro 2008 football in Austria,” says Brunner.
"'Finale dahoam' unforgettable career highlight"
ÖTV President Brunner sends a special thank you for the broad and great support of the application to the application partners. “Many thanks to Sports Minister Werner Kogler, Governor Günther Platter, the City of Innsbruck, the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce, Olympiaworld and the tourism organizations! Everyone immediately recognized the dimensions of this event and did their best to bring this world-class sporting event to Innsbruck. Our application was in full swing, the concepts fully met the organizer's wishes. We have even been able to outdo a cosmopolitan city like London with its great tennis tradition with Wimbledon and the ATP Finals. The 'final at home' will be an unforgettable career highlight for our Davis Cup team. "
"I am convinced that we, as the organizer, will manage to organize an event that is safe under the Corona rules in November 2021 with the appropriate audience capacity and atmosphere. We are all looking forward to finally being able to experience top-class sport together again in a great atmosphere after such a long time . ÖTV and e | motion will make this possible, ”said ÖTV President Brunner happily.
Koubek: "Qualify for the quarter-finals thanks to home advantage"
For Stefan Koubek, who led the team into the final tournament as captain, a dream comes true: “There will be six Kapazunder teams at the start in Innsbruck, peppered with top players like Djokovic, Zverev, Monfils, Murray ... and especially Dominic Thiem. When we are complete, it is our big goal that we qualify for the quarter-finals and travel to Madrid thanks to the home advantage. "
Jürgen Melzer, with 38 calls-ups and 78 appearances, Austrian record-breaking Davis Cup player and now ÖTV sports director, compares the event in Innsbruck with the football EURO 2008. “The award is something very special! The Daviscup is an internationally recognized top event. The whole country will look forward to it. There will be a unique tension. We will do everything we can to bring a cool event to the stage. "
The ÖTV managing director Thomas Schweda sees this in exactly the same way. "It will be a huge sports spectacle and gives us the ideal opportunity to present and market tennis even better."
Kogler: "Davis Cup with Thiem, Djokovic, Zverev sounds like great sport to me"
Sports Minister Werner Kogler looks forward to the event. “Daviscup with Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev - sounds like great sport, goose bumps, magic moments to me. All of this awaits us in front of hopefully a lot of fans in the Innsbruck Olympic Hall at the end of November. May the final tournament be a widely visible sign for the restart of public sport and a signal for the gradual normalization of our social life. As the responsible minister, I am both happy and a little proud that the efforts have paid off and that the Ministry of Sports has been able to contribute to the successful application for this top international event. In this sense: Game, Set and Match: Innsbruck! "
"It was long and intensive negotiations, so we are now all the happier that we have brought the talks to a positive end," says Herwig Straka, CEO of the e | motion group that is organizing the Davis Cup highlight. We are in good spirits that The Corona situation will relax by November so that many fans can support our team in Olympiaworld. "The drawing of the groups and fixtures for the schedule will take place in Madrid in May." Then advance ticket sales will start immediately. "
The joy in Tyrol is also great that Innsbruck is again the Daviscup venue for the first time since 2007, when Brazil were defeated 4-1. "It is a special honor for Sportland Tirol that, in addition to the ATP tournament in Kitzbühel, the Davis Cup games will also take place in Innsbruck this year," says Governor Günther Platter.
Innsbruck's mayor Georg Willib also judged the charisma of this major sporting event positively. “The advertising value of such an event for the city of Innsbruck is of course very high. I hope that we can inspire many international guests to visit Innsbruck in the future and outside of events. "
The exact schedule will be announced in mid-May during the official draw. Then advance ticket sales also start. Reservation requests can, however, be sent immediately to the e-mail addressaviscup@emotiongroup.com. Processing takes place according to the time of arrival (first come, first serve)