With ten top 20 players: Kitzbühel has an extremely strong field of players
Dominic Thiem , Alexander Zverev , Matteo Berrettini - three top 10 stars and a total of ten players from the top 20 in the world rankings want to serve at the Generali Open from September 7th to 13th in Kitzbühel. The record cut-off after the official entry period for the tournament has expired is number 31 in the ATP ranking. This is none other than Japan's tennis star Kei Nishikori .
by Press release / tennisnet
last edit: Aug 11, 2020, 09:16 am
After 6 p.m. European time, the ATP closed the "Sign In" for the Generali Open Kitzbühel yesterday with an extremely high-quality list of players who have registered for the tournament in Gamsstadt: In addition to the three top 10 stars, Dominic Thiem , Alexander Zverev and Matteo Berrettini are six other top 20 players, including popular names such as Fabio Fognini, Andrey Rublev, Diego Schwartzman and the two young Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov. The fact that Dennis Novak, number 85 in the world, only appears in 40th place on the waiting list, shows how well occupied the field is at the moment.
“The first cut for the Generali Open reads impressive and is an absolute record. Of course, the strong field also results from the fact that we are the only European tournament ahead of Rome and Paris. Although we are in the second week of the US Open, the entry list shows that the players absolutely want to play, ”said tournament director Alexander Antonitsch.
"I had a lot of contact with the athletes in the last few weeks and they all, as well as the ATP itself, are consistently grateful that the two organizers Herbert Günther and Markus Bodner tried to hold a tournament in these challenging times", says Antonitsch and adds: “Of course one or the other name will be dropped because it is still in the competition in the second week of the US Open. But it is also clear that there can only be twelve players on the Monday of the second week and we can look forward to an extremely strong field of players in Kitzbühel, regardless of the US Open. "
Late deadlines were set for all those names on the list of the Generali Open who were eliminated from the US Open by mid-European time on Monday: “Only on Monday noon (7.9.) Will those players be withdrawn from us who are still in the US Open Competition are. Until our main field is drawn, we can also issue our additional wildcards, ”said Antonitsch.
Tickets for the Generali Open Kitzbühel are available from EUR 22 on the website www.generaliopen.com .