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Not to fill the stadium but rather to have British public specifically. The Stadium was 100% fill in Nadal matches.
Over 40,000 tickets sold for Federer/Zverev match in Mexico
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tennisaddict
Bionic Poster
Free tickets just shows they were vacant in the first place.
Free food vouchers show that they are literally pleading to fill the stadium.
Exactly. You can't give away free tickets unless there are empty seats in the stadium. The stadium is tiny with a 12,500 capacity
see link https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/50525657 so there's not even demand to equal less than a third of Federer's crowd turn out.
fedfan08
Professional
Would that have been the case if not played in Spain?
Meles
Bionic Poster
Tried watching some of the match. Lighting looked a bit off and wow that was blatant exhibition tennis compared to Davis Cup.This photo is so cool.
fedfan08
Professional
Wait, an exhibition match really looked like an exhibition? No way.Tried watching some of the match. Lighting looked a bit off and wow that was blatant exhibition tennis compared to Davis Cup.
Meles
Bionic Poster
I've seen a few before that were passable, but this was really bad. Glad I missed it and rest of Fed's tour off my viewing list.Wait, an exhibition match really looked like an exhibition? No way.
Just a huge contrast with Davis Cup Finals.
fedfan08
Professional
They’re exhibition matches. You’re expectations were way off.
Migelowsky
Semi-Pro
I guess you are not including Mexico. Acapulco is one of the best ATP 500 , and there is also Los Cabos. Each year more top players come.
There is a lot of wealth in Mexico, it's one of the biggest economies, sadly there are extremely rich people and extreme poverty also.
Tickets for the event were very expensive, I live in Baja California so I'm very fortunate to go to Indian Wells each year for very little .
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
That 400000 filled stadium got absolutely no space in any media I’ve seen. Not in any sports news or tv.
DC they even showed Spain won, here in little Norway that got not much interest for tennis.
Spanish king was watching the finals, giving out the trophy. Shakira had a concert. World class footballers watching. Cannot be compared with that S American thing. Probably the greatest Felix and Shapo ever been playing and getting their runner up trophies. I like Rafa and happy for him, but I’m not a Spanish patriot, so I am happy for Rafa, but for a country I wouldn’t mind Canada winning first time. I hope this inspired those two to get hungry for more after the taste of how prestigious tennis can be.
It was, for me, watching young Rafa beating Roddick in DC that made me open my eyes for Rafa. Was sort of a breakthrough for him.
Real tournaments w prestige has so much more impact on a player than an exhibition can ever be.
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Alba Barragan
Professional
Zverev made super clear he wasn't going to take part in this new Davis Cup ever since the new format was announced. He rejected both its place in the season, the lack of best of 5, lack of home and away ties, and overall the drastic changes to the oldest event in tennis. In his words: “I hope people realize the Davis Cup is more than about money. It’s the history too”.
If he wasn't in Madrid it wasn't because he wanted to stuff his pockets. He could've done that by playing in the DC, seeing how much Kosmos put on the table to convince the players and teams to take part (just reaching the QFs gave the players alone more than 1.2 million, plus another 600K going straight to their federation). He didn't play because he never believed in the event. The exhos came long after he made his position public.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
Zverev did the right thing, but the overall negativity on these boards towards him takes the better of people's judgement about his actions. Also, I don't know if people realise it, but it is players like him that are needed for the new format to succeed, and if they refuse, there is no way it does.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
If it wasn't broadcasted, it didn't happen: I hear that North Korea is abiding by those principles too.
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fedfan08
Professional
Ah so this is why I was seeing different prize money figures on the player pages on the ATP website. I was wondering how Nadal got to $16M. That figure must include DC.
fedfan08
Professional
Yes of course if you’re media didn’t report about it it didn’t matter. Well my media didn’t talk at all about DC so that must not matter either.
Dedans Penthouse
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Rogfan
Professional
It’s mind boggling indeed to see Fed fill a stadium of that capacity. More than half of the people would have paid a premium price to see a little dot of him, let along the ball. The fandom is simply crazy.
I was the one who had problem with him pulling out of ATP Cup but I didn’t have problem with this exho. It is the China exho that squeezed ATP Cup out of his calendar as it’s too close to it. As he goes to China every year it’s obvious that exho is for sponsors not fans. That’s where I wasn’t too impressed, although I get sponsors are the real boss hey
I was the one who had problem with him pulling out of ATP Cup but I didn’t have problem with this exho. It is the China exho that squeezed ATP Cup out of his calendar as it’s too close to it. As he goes to China every year it’s obvious that exho is for sponsors not fans. That’s where I wasn’t too impressed, although I get sponsors are the real boss hey
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So now Federer fans at marveling at his ability to fill seats?
Might as well do that because the way Djokovic and Nadal are going, that might be the only 'record' left in Federer's favor!
Might as well do that because the way Djokovic and Nadal are going, that might be the only 'record' left in Federer's favor!
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