Feliciano López, director of Mutua Madrid Open, was able to publicly celebrate that Rafa Nadal will headline the star poster for the next edition of the tournament (September 13-20), but still hope to have more reasons for joy when there are less than two months left for the event to start.
And it is that Feli has ensured in Essential Sports that the tournament organization works to find the procedures that guarantee the presence of the public in the stands of the Caja Mágica. “We work on the security protocol in conjunction with the Madrid City Council. We introduced this protocol a few days ago and were very happy and surprised to see how strict the measures we have proposed around the safety of viewers are. and, mainly, of the players “, argued the toledano.
The Mutua Madrid Open will be the first major tournament of the ground tour, which will serve as preparation for Roland Garros next to the Masters 1000 in Rome (September 20), so all eyes on tennis will be fixed on the capital of Spain. “We are very sure that we can count on the spectators. If we do not have a new wave of coronavirus infections in July or August, we believe that we can even change the percentage of the public, which can increase as things evolve positively, “Feliciano concluded. We will see if the infections of the last weeks give a small truce …