Exhibition tournament
NZPA-Reuter Stuttgart A new two milllondollar tennis exhibition tournament for eight of the top 10 players In the men’s world rankings will start next year. Boris Becker's manager, lon Tiriac, said yesterday that the first tournament, to be known as the Stuttgart Classic, would be held from November 7 to 13, 1988. “It will be the biggest and best there ever was," he said. Becker and the world No. 1 Ivan Lendl, of Czechoslovakia, had already agreed to take part and talks were under way
to guarantee that six other top-ranked players would be available. Mr Tiriac said that |U5355,000 would be paid in prize mopey and “attractive amounts” in appearance payments to ensure the top players preferred his exhibition tournament to regular events. The total budget would be two million dollars, he said. The idea is bound to lead to controversy 1 because the event will probably clash with the Wembley Grand Prix event in London which normally attracts many of the best players.
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