The Valencia open 500 brought a great atmosphere in its all Spanish final between David Ferrer and David Granollers, with Ferrer the final winner of a tense match in front of more than 6000 spectators.
After the match David Ferrer said.."Today is the happiest day in my life”. A very exited Ferrer, showed his appreciation for his team, starting with Javier Piles, his parents, his girlfriend, and also Juan Carlos Ferrero, who gave him the trophy. Also adding.. “I feel incredibly happy. Winning this match for this audience has made today the happiest day in my life. I have won this tournament thanks to the support of the audience and I am very thankful.” The world’s no.8 player is also co-owner of the tournament and with this win has booked his place in London.
The second edition of the Valencia Open 500 closed with figures that exceed those of last year in most of aspects. Over 190,000 people visited the FUNPARK, the free leisure area that the Valencia Open 500, since its doors opened on October 30th. Both tennis fans and the general public had the chance to walk around all the commercial booths, eat at the food area, have a few drinks in one of the terraces or meet their idols in autograph signings. Also, there were many activities for both, kids and adults. The first weekend alone had over 15,000 people visiting the City of Arts and Science, and this figure kept growing throughout the week.
Ticket sales reached 70,000, much higher than the first year at 53,000, with the quarterfinals, semifinals and final practically all sold out.
David Serrahina, The Executive Director of the tournament, said they were very satisfied with the figures of this second edition of the Valencia Open 500. “We have renewed our hopes to make this tournament an open one, open to everyone, and also to make it one of the most important tournaments worldwide in the near future. The tournament has now consolidated, and we have had the chance to watch top-quality tennis. We hope the public, and also tennis fans, have enjoyed and have found enough reasons to come back next year”.
Nearly 500 journalists from all around the world were at the tournament. They belonged to 135 different means from written and digital press, radios, tv, and photographers. The matches have been watched from sixty different countries in all five continents.
So why not book the Valencia Open 500 into your diary for next year 2011 and enjoy all that is on offer at this spectacular event.
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