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 | Sofia will host the European Conference for professional tennis14-02-2011 |
European Conference for professional tennis "Pro Tennis Conference" will be held from 16 to 18 February in Sofia. The event is organized Tennis Europe and the Bulgarian Tennis Federation. The event, which will be held at Grand Hotel Sofia, will involve a number of leaders and representatives of the European Federation, ITF, ATP, WTA. On the last day of the conference will be held the meeting of the Board of Directors of Tennis Evropa.Konferentsiyata is one of the most important events in European life and tennis is held every two years. On it will discuss and take decisions on matters of professional tournaments for men and women, judging, changes in rules and regulations, organization, marketing and promotion of professional tournaments, beach tennis, tennis for people in wheelchairs, etc. The conference will be chaired by the President of BTF Stefan Tsvetkov, who is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Professional Tennis TE.Gostite the event began to arrive in Sofia on Tuesday. On Wednesday, provided the meetings of the professional tennis Tennis Europe and the group judging. The conference will open on Thursday from 9.30 by the Minister of Physical Education and Sports Svilen Neykov, BTF President Stefan Tsvetkov and executive director of the Tennis Europe Olli Maenpaa. Discussions on Thursday and Friday, when there will be a meeting of the Board of Directors of the European federation. Among the participants were the President of Tennis Europe and vice president of ITF Jack Dupree, heads of leading federations such as Britain's Peter Bredartan, Mr. Presidentand LTA, Germany's Guenter Lang, Russian Alexei Selivanenko, Swiss Eric Keller, president of the other European federations, representatives of the International Tennis Federation ITF, the Association of Professional tennis players ATP, the Women's Tennis Association WTA, leading judges and theorists of the judiciary and rules and many others. "Pro Tennis Conference" is the second major international event, organized in Bulgaria in recent years. In 2005 was held in Sofia and the Congress of the European Association.
BTF enjoys great prestige in the tennis world institutions and that is the main reason our country again to get host the event on this scale. The conference is an excellent opportunity to advertise our country.