“Malagò tried to damage the Internationals”. A tough stance by the president of federtennis, Angelo Binaghi from Cagliari, towards the number one of the Coni accused of having "first tried not to let Djokovic play, then he didn't want the Russians to be there, but we analyzed his words and it is not true that the IOC had made different statements than those observed by ITF, ATP and WTA. Ultimately Malagò asked to intervene in the autonomy of sport, he who has always complained about this in the past. He tried to steer the government towards a decision that would harm the Internationals. "
The attack came during the closing press conference of the Master 1000 in Rome.
“Do not let the Russians play, and Malagò knows this well - added Binaghi -, would have had a series of consequences ranging from the players' strike to the possible revocation of the tournament license: essentially goodbye to the Internationals. I must say thanks to Draghi and the Government who understood everything. We do not ask the government for money, but to be able to operate without interference for the development of the tournament ".
Still, continuing with his statements, the president federtennis said: “Growing the turnover means increasing the economic induced in the area, giving more work to our instructors of our 4 thousand clubs. How is it possible that the one who holds the presidency of a public body is not interested in all this and can give a distorted reading of the IOC, capable of jeopardizing the very existence of the event? We are victims of his obsession with Sport and Health. We respected the real decision of the IOC ", referring to Malagò's declarations on the participation of the Russians and Belarusians in the Internationals." We return to point two of what was written by the IOC and the ITF board has suspended Russia and Belarus from all competitions. in teams, competitions in those countries canceled and as happens in Rome, Russian and Belarusian players are allowed to play, but without the name of the nation and the colors of the flag ", concluded the president of Fit.
On the Italian sport system, finally: "It is clear that it needs to be reformed. It has remained unchanged for decades. For example, federations that can be together should be merged and padel has done so with us. There are federations that no longer have a reason for being and which economically cannot stand. They are given an avalanche of money to maintain the structure, but it is unproductive money for the sport, because it does not go to the athletes ".
(Unioneonline / ss)
