Feliciano López's Explanation of the Invitations Issue at the Mutua Madrid Open: "We Don't Have the Final Say"

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Feliciano López was present yesterday at the Laureus gala and had the opportunity to give his opinion on the complaints from the Spanish public about the invitations that the tournament has granted to foreign names. It is always a controversial topic at each Mutua Madrid Open, and Feli, from his position as the tournament director, justified himself and gave his arguments for why the tournament has invited names like Manas Dhamne or Moise Kouamé.

"Every piece of news is magnified, and social media does not help at all: out of 100 comments, 99 are made by people who absolutely do not know what they are talking about. This tournament is going to turn 25, and out of those 25 years, Spanish tennis has benefited for maybe 19. The tournament has changed owners, now IMG is still linked with other owners, and what we try to do is help Spanish tennis, we have that commitment... but we are not the owners of the tournament; they are other companies, with other interests, clients they need to assist, and that is what many do not know. We do not have the final say, but if we look at the big picture, Spanish tennis cannot complain, although in recent years they have not had the support they did when Ion Tiriac was in charge", Feliciano pointed out. Does his explanation convince you?

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, La explicación de Feliciano López al "lío" de las invitaciones en el Mutua Madrid Open: "No tenemos la última palabra"