«The Internationals of Rome? This year we will improve the numbers from every point of view. We have already sold 110,000 tickets, of which 29% abroad and 46% outside Lazio. We already have 11.5 million euros on hand, and we will shatter the record of 20 million established last year. We also aim to exceed 300,000 visitors».

This was stated by the president of FITP, Angelo Binaghi, at the press conference to present the tennis internationals at the Foro Italico. «Last year the tournament generated a movement of 285 million euros, with 235,000 paying spectators. This year the related activities for the area should be 400 million euros».

And again: «Within three years at the Rome Internationals, for the first time we will have a women's tournament with the same prize money as the men's. We are not talking about motes, but about 8 million and 300 thousand euros», concludes Binaghi. "It is a great conquest that the new components of our federal council wanted".