Notice: Trying to get property 'alias' of non-object in /var/www/orsw/data/www/btrussia.com/components/com_k2/router.php on line 292
The World Championship: the spirit of Cervia
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 11:32

The World Championship: the spirit of Cervia

Congratulations on another great tournament!

BTRussia:  Your tournament is the oldest in the world of Beach Tennis. Tell us about its history.

PaoloPaolo Caponigri: The Delfino tournament is the brainchild of four friends to organize a sports event away from Ravenna then beach tennis capital. I remember that the first trophy in 2004 was won by the pair Zamagna - Cappelletti (the latter 's father Michael winner of the last two years) . They were obviously all Italian players and since there are a federation was run approximately. The tournament is then grown to be the first year with the FIT 128 registered couples . Then the advent of the ITF has made it internationally until it becomes a must for beach tennis world.

BTRussia:  The Italian tournaments always have special spirit of Beach Tennis. All we know right now about the game began in Italy. Tell us about traditions of your tournament? 

Paolo Caponigri: The game was born in Romagna where the long beaches and the entrepreneurial imagination gave birth to a fundamental phenomenon of tourism throughout Italy . Here you can find the joy of living , have fun and strive to bring more potential tourists considering that the sea is perhaps not exactly the best . The beach tennis game captures the spirit of this land and see it played all over the world is really a great satisfaction . I still remember the first handmade wooden rackets created by some good carpenter and then drilled to make it even lighter . I still have an old racket and compare it to a new generation is incredible . Not everyone knows that in the beginning it was played on long shots 9 meters instead of the current eight . As for the ' Delfino ' time has led us to continuous improvement from an organizational point of view until it define the Wimbledon of beach tennis.

BTRussia: Tell us about innovations and interesting facts of the World Champ 2016? 

Paolo Caponigri: The BTWC16 so defined has been characterized by the introduction of the World Junior 14,16 and 18 in the category of boys and girls thus beginning a new era for beach tennis . From the structural point instead we expanded grandstand bringing the capacity to 3,500 seats and for the first time by entering a real kitchen for the players to be able to make them appreciate the culinary tradition of our land.

paolo

BTRussia:  Tell about the place, where the tournament was held. If there any attractions nearby? 

Paolo Caponigri: Cervia is the municipality where the event takes place has a tradition of salt and salt exceptional conservation tool for hundreds of years before the advent of the refrigerator.
Now the salt of Cervia has become the pride of Italian cuisine as a food used by the best chefs from around the world.
It ' a pleasant village with an important and the two salt warehouses that surround the historic center of the canal area now meeting point of many young people for the many places open .
Cervia from a logistical point of view is located between Ravenna capital of Byzantine mosaic , Rimini city par excellence of Tourism and the Roman historical tradition , Faenza famous worldwide for its pottery and a few kilometers from well-known charming hill towns by bicycle enthusiasts.

BTRussia:  Tell us about beach-tennis Oscar

Paolo Caponigri: The Oscars are an invention of some friends like Marco Ortolani , Simona Bonadonna , Alessandro Calbucci , Stefano Cappelletti and Dr. Buccelli which in recent years along with a panel of players , organizers ( I am one of them ) reward the best players by category ( attack, defense , best foreign etc ) . This year as the best tournament after several years of Aruba domain we came back to win the category to my great satisfaction and rewarded the hard work .

paolo

BTRussia:  There are 3-4 tremendous tournaments in the world: Europe Champ, Pan American Champ, the WTC and WC. What is the difference of your tournament from others? 

Paolo Caponigri: Unlike all the other tournaments we can find players ( friends ) from different countries play together . From the organizational point of view is the only tournament operated by a private ( myself) unlike all others where the federations have a key role from an economic point of view . This allows me to develop ideas , new projects with greater freedom . It ' obvious that financial support has an important role but also the daily struggle to close the budget at least in balance stimulates me to find new ideas to be presented to new sponsors . In many cases it is the spirit to differentiate the event and the location has a crucial role.

BTRussia:  What are your plans for next year? 

Paolo Caponigri: It would be a pity that ended the tournament without the stimulus of a further confirmation of a world championship for 2017. I require a further extension to the ITF (at least every two years) to continue the development project of beach tennis from the media point of view ( three thousand spectators for the moment are a prerogative of Cervia). If this were to be implemented I would love to brighten as the center so that the beach tennis party can continue the evening with performances tournaments.

paolo

BTRussia: This year Italian players didn’t take all the places on the podium. What do you think happened? And how crowd reacted?

Paolo Caponigri: Many historic couples are separated by creating a little disarray but basically losing that power and authority with their new friends did not get. We have won new couples especially foreign as organizer makes me happy. Although I am Italian is at this time a guarantor for all players. The women's final was in my opinion the most beautiful from the technical point of view. The Delfino is a mature and attentive audience. In over twelve years he has developed a concept very interesting sport and pleasure to find a pair that will keep them entertained can’t be conditioned by the Italian nationality. Also do not forget the efforts that is making the Russian federation with high impact tournaments and the ability to create schools and also in the development of the under world. So there may be a future the only solution is to invest in the world junior. then strengthen education and respect in the sport I think it's a mandatory step to ensure that the beach tennis can finally become important.

Arena BTWC16

From Sky BTWC16

 

  • Reporters BTRussia.com Ekaterina Davydova & Ekaterina Bobkova
  • * All rights reserved. No part of these pages, either text or image may be used without a link on this site.
  • Photo by Max Hamm

Пляжный теннис в России и мире. BTRussia отслеживает общемировые тенденции развития пляжного тенниса и формирует библиотеку наиболее полезных и интересных материалов.