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Perrjer Y Sergi Bruguera En El Trofeo Conde De Godó TEÑIS;0] El torneo reúne a los mejores júgadores de tierra, y entre ellos a cinco de los ‘top ten’. Jim Courier, estrella principal de una prueba que reparte 1 26 millones de pesetas en premios ALBERT PARDO • BARCELONA 1 Trofeo Conde de Godó de tenis no parece tener te cho. Sus organizadores se superan año a año y para la próxima edición, que se inicia el 4 de abril, dispo nen de un cartel prácticamente inmejorable en lo que se re fiere al tenis sobre tierra. La presencia del estadounidense Jim Courier; cuarto jugador mundial, dará lustre en esta oca sión al torneo. Junto a él estarán, entre otros, Sergi Bruguera, 47 Andrei Medvedev, Magnus Gustafsson, Carlos Costa, Ri chard Krajicek, Thomas Muster, Andrei Chesnokov, Javier Sánchez Vicario y Alberto Berasategui, por citar algunos de los nombres destacados del Mi torneo. 23 MAR Sixte Cambra afirma con 1994;1] seguridad que “el torneo ha Sixte Cambra: dado un gran salto cuantita tivo y cualitativo en los últi “Tenemos a los mos tres años, sobre todo cuatro desde que IMG colabora con nosotros en la organiza semifinalistas del ción”. En cada edición se ha último Roland intentado tener a las prime ras raquetas del momento y Garros y a los casi siempre se haconsegui campeones de do, consolidándose una de las principales pruebas de la las dos últimas temporada de tierra. ediciones” El -trofeo Conde de Godó, que desde 1952 da prestigio a la tradición tenís “El torneo ha tica de la ciudades uno de os cinco ATP de la categoría dado un salto ‘Championships Series’ que “El corte en el primer centenar de jugadores clasificados cuantitativo y se disputa en tierra batida. del ránking ATP nos garantiza una participación de altura”, Su dotación económica tam señala Cambra, que sitúa en 300 millones de pesetas el pre cualitativo” poco ha dejado de crecer y supuesto de la prueba. En la tónica de otros torneos ATP, el este año alcanza los 126 mi- Trofeo Conde de Godó hará una aportación benéfica, en Iones de pesetas en píe- este caso a la Asociación de Ayuda a la Drogadicción. mios. Sixte Cambra señala con justificado orgullo que “este Agustí Pujol. presidente de la Federación Española año tendremos la satisfacción de tener en el torneo a los cua de Tenis, hace hincapié en el atractivo cuadro del torneo: tro últimos semifinalistas de Roland Garros, es decir, Brugue “Podremos ver a Courier, por ejemplo, y me consta que viene ra, Courier, Medvedev y Krajicek, y además también abs dos motivado porque quiere preparar bien la temporada de tie últimos campeones de París, Courier y Bruguera”. ría para llegar en buena forma a Roland Garros”. RS FIIRRS : : = ;0] PERRJER Y SERGI BRUGUERA EN EL TROFEO CONDE DE GODÓ Sergi Bruguera Jim Courier Andrei Medvedev Quinto en la ATP. Finalista El americano acude por El joven jugador ucraniano en 1993 en Barcelona fue primerá vez al torneo. fue campeón en la última campeón en Roland Ga Cuarto en la ATP, ha gana edición del torneb. Sépti rros esa misma tempora do dos veces el open aus mo en el ránking mundial, Don Antonio Echegaray, Director de Marketing de EYCAM PERRIER, S.A., y Don Sergi da. Ha ganado 11 torneos traliano y otras dos en Pa ha ganadoseistorneosATP Bruguera firman el acuerdo que permitirá ganar una de las cien raquetas Yonex de la del circuito y en 1994 ha rís, donde perdió la. final y fue semifinalista en el úl edición numerada y limitada, firmadas por Sergi Bruguera, a los participantes en la sido finalista en Dubai. del 93 ante Bruguera. timo Roland Garros.;1] promoción “Consigue la raqueta de Sergi Bruguera bebiendo Perrier” y acertando el vencedor del Trofeo Conde de Godó..
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