world number 1 Daniil Medvedev headlining in Metz, Tsonga new shareholder

World number 1, Russian Daniil Medvedev, will headline the ATP 250 tournament in Metz at the end of September, of which Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has become the majority shareholder, Julien Boutter, the event director, announced on Tuesday. For its 19th edition, the Moselle Open, which will be held from September 18 to 25 at the Arènes de Metz, will welcome the 26-year-old Russian player who hopes to finish the season at the top of world tennis, but also two other members of the World Top 10, the Austrian Dominic Thiem (N.6) and the Pole Hubert Hurzacz (N.10 and defending champion), and eight players from the Top 30.

“It is a great satisfaction to be able to propose the table, I would like to say, dreamed, in which there are at the same time stars, numbers, the best French people, the hopes, it is a work carried out smoothly and relatively successful“, underlined Boutter, who benefited from the contribution of Tsonga, former French N.1 and very young retiree from the courts, for the construction of the table of the Lorraine event. As part of the pooling of the four French tournaments at the ATP 250 level (Metz, Marseille, Lyon and Montpellier), which has been underway for three years, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and his former coach Thierry Ascione have entered the Moselle shareholding. Open. “All these years spent at the Moselle Open have been fruitful and very pleasant“, assured the 37-year-old Manceau, quadruple winner of the event (2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019). “When I had the opportunity to become a shareholder at the Moselle Open, I did so with great pleasure and I hope that I will be able to contribute to the success that has been given to the tournament for all these years.“, he added.