The Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) has chosen Madrid’s Magic Box (Caja Mágica) as its new coaching headquarters, demonstrating its support for Madrid’s bid to host to Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. The Caja Magica is a proposed venue for the men’s and women’s tennis tournaments and reinforces the sporting infrastructure that Madrid has developed over the last 12 years in preparation for the Games.
The coaching and research department of the Spanish Tennis Federation will open its new offices at Madrid’s Magic Box this November. The department specialises in tennis development and focusses on the technical aspects of coaching and umpiring. These speciality areas have proved crucial in the success of Spanish tennis recently.
In making this move, the RFET, which has its main offices in Barcelona, is underlining its commitment to Madrid’s Olympic bid. The Magic Box is a latest-generation tennis complex with a floor area of more than 100,000 sq m. Every year it hosts the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open demonstrating Madrid’s sporting pedigree, while also underlining that the Spanish capital is already very well-placed to take on the challenge of the Games.
President of the Madrid bid, Alejandro Blanco said: "We are very proud about our ‘Magic Box’. It’s one of the most recognizable and significant venues included in our Olympic project and a perfect example of the legacy which the Olympic Games will provide to the city of Madrid. With facilities like the ‘Magic Box’, the pool of new promises of tennis players is assured."
Spanish players have always been at the pinnacle of world tennis and have enjoyed great success in recent years. In the absence of Rafael Nadal in the second half of 2012, David Ferrer has flown the flag for Spain by winning seven ATP tournaments, the last and most important, being the BNP Paribas Masters 1000 event in Paris.
David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro are currently training in Prague, where they will be appearing in this weekend’s Davis Cup final against Czech Republic. Davis Cup winners in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011 and top of the ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking, Spain are bidding to lift the trophy for a sixth time in the Czech capital. Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez are also in Prague as newly crowned Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles champions.
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Madrid 2020 Bid Committee
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