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New sponsors and players have been announced for the Mallorca championships with only six weeks to go until the event.

The Mallorca Championships is the only ATP event on grass in Spain. Roberto Bautista Agut is the latest player to be confirmed for the event. The event will now return to more normal capacity, with 2500 spectators by the centre court and more than 40 VIP boxes.

Other players that will join the Mallorca Championships include Nick Kyrgios and Pablo Carreno Busta. More players will be announced as we near the tournament.

Sponsors

The countdown has started for the higlight of the year at the prestigious Mallorca Country Club (Santa Ponça, Calvià). The Championships commence on the 18th of June.

Ticket sales continue to have good momentum and full capacity is expected to be sold out in the coming weeks. For those who have not yet secured tickets, those can be purchased on the official website of the tournament (www.mallorca-championships.com).  The event was attended by Tournament Director, Toni Nadal, who wanted to emphasize that “it is an event that is growing every day and I hope to celebrate this event with all the spectators who come to the Mallorca Country Club, we are a reference event on the island and we hope to see you all there“.

Among some of the companies participating in the tournament, today it has been announced the renewal of the contract with some multinationals such as Rakuten, Orange, Estrella Damm, Engel & Volkers, Fergus, Superfund Broil King or Fila. In addition, there is a new global agreement between e|motion group and ok mobility that not only renews its sponsorship with the Mallorca Championships but has announced that it has joined as sponsor of the ATP 250 tournament Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart.

Othman Ktiri expressed his delight at the agreement reached because “through this alliance, both entities demonstrate, once again, that the world of business and sport share a common denominator: values such as sacrifice, teamwork and the spirit of self-improvement. From OK Mobility we are proud to sponsor these two tournaments of international stature that elevate the sport to a higher level and, at the same time, attract quality tourism” concludes the founder of Ok Mobility.

For Edwin Weindorfer, CEO of e|motion group, such agreements “represent that the effort we are making is rewarded. We want to grow hand in hand with the best companies and their support is fundamental. We want to thank them for their support and we promise to continue working hard so that, despite being a young tournament, we continue to grow and become a top sport and lifestyle event on the road to Wimbledon “.

I'm a frequent visitor to this event, but not this year. It's a shame, especially considering the starting field of the MercedesCup 2021.

Check out the official website of the MercedesCup 2021 here.

Stuttgart, 19^th May 2021. – Due to the overlap of the French Open’s second week, there is the possibility of some changes to the entry list of the MercedesCup 2021 from 7^th-13^th June 2021, but by the deadline, on Monday evening the list of players have committed to the ATP grass-court tournament at Stuttgart’s Weissenhof boasts a multitude of great names! The main draw is led by Alexander Zverev, who has already won the tournaments in Acapulco and Madrid this year.

Alongside the German number one, Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO/Doha, Munich), Hubert Hurkacz (POL/Delray Beach, Miami), Alex de Minaur (AUS/Antalya), Jannik Sinner (ITA/Melbourne – Great Ocean Road Open), Alexei Popyrin(AUS/Singapur), Aslan Karatsev (RUS/Dubai), Cristian Garin (CHI/Santiago) and Lorenzo Sonego (ITA/Cagliari) eight more winners of ATP tournaments in 2021 have committed to the MercedesCup. This multitude of great players also leads to Popyrin possibly having to take the detour of the qualification to even reach the main draw and fight for the title in Stuttgart. As Australian Nick Kyrgios will not participate in the French Open, his participation in Stuttgart is already confirmed.

Stan the Man is back

Stan Wawrinka, who lost the Stuttgart final 2007 – back then still played on clay – in two sets against clay court king Rafael Nadal, also plans his return to Stuttgart. The Swiss has an impressive calling card with three Grand Slam triumphs (Australian Open 2014, French Open 2015, US Open 2016) and 13 ATP tour tournament victories. The Canadian top 20 trio of Denis Shapovalov (ATP-15), Milos Raonic (16) and Felix Auger-Aliassime (19) also plans to compete in Stuttgart. Raonic (2018) and Auger-Aliassime (2019) have already shown their grass-court skills by reaching the final of the MercedesCup. Then, there is also Germany’s number 2, Jan-Lennard Struff, who lost to later tournament winner Matteo Berrettini (ITA) in 2019’s semi-final.

The magic number for the cut-off for the main draw is 42 in the world rankings. This also shows how popular this year’s MercedesCup is. Furthermore, there are no less than four players who are currently in the top 10 of the “Race to Turin”/ATP Season Finale: Zverev (4), Australian Open semi-finalist Karatsev (7), Hurkacz (8) and Sinner (10).

Due to the special situation concerning the scheduling conflict with the second week of the French Open, qualification is set to start on Monday, 7^th June 2021. The main draw will commence on Tuesday, 8^th June 2021. Also, the organizers have been allowed to issue five instead of the usual three wild cards. “Despite the difficult situation, we can look forward to an appealing and first-class MercedesCup with this crop of players. Of course, we know that there could be changes to our main draw depending on how the first week of the French Open develops. In return, we will keep some of our wild cards until the last possible moment, so we are able to react to what happens in Paris”, explains MercedesCup tournament director Edwin Weindorfer.