CitiOpen will not return to the Tennis Center at College Park this year, but it will most likely “end up at 16th & Kennedy”, according to TCCP CEO Raymond Benton. Tennis Maryland spoke with him over the weekend about upcoming events at the Center. As far as the CitiOpen in College Park last year was concerned, Benton stated that “it didn’t work here”. Due to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the dates scheduled by WTA for CitiOpen now coincide with the same dates for the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. “That could be a problem”, Benton added.
Unfortunately, the Tennis Center will also not be hosting the USTA’s US Open Wild Card Playoffs later this summer. “We were not a good place for it. They wanted us to do it again, but I said no. You’ve got to remember, it came at a terrible time. People were tennis-ed out, people are on vacation. I did the CitiOpen just to keep the stands up for the Wild Card. I would consider doing the French Open (Wild Card Playoffs) in the future.”, he said.
He noted that Sectional Qualifying for the US Open National Playoffs will be held June 2-5 at the Tennis Center and a 14U Boys and Girls National Open there on May 12-14. Finally, Benton noted that “we’re also fairly close to finalizing having a big ITF tournament here in August, the week before the US Open. It’ll be all the top juniors in the world.”
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