Ko\u0161ice 14. m\u00e1ja (TASR) – NTC Ko\u0161ice sa v druhej polovici m\u00e1ja stane dejiskom dvoch medzin\u00e1rodn\u00fdch turnajov v tenise. Od 18. m\u00e1ja sa tu uskuto\u010dnia 26. medzin\u00e1rodn\u00e9 majstrovstv\u00e1 Slovenska \u017eien – Slovak Open 2026, od 25. m\u00e1ja bud\u00fa dvorce patri\u0165 mu\u017eom, ktor\u00ed o titul zabojuj\u00fa na challengerovom turnaji. Hlavn\u00fdmi \u0165ah\u00e1kmi oboch podujat\u00ed bud\u00fa slovensk\u00ed hr\u00e1\u010di, mnoh\u00ed z nich reprezentanti v Davisovom poh\u00e1ri a Poh\u00e1ri Billie Jean Kingovej. Mia Poh\u00e1nkov\u00e1 sa v\u0161ak musela pre chorobu odhl\u00e1si\u0165.<\/p>\n
Na \u0161tvrtkovej tla\u010dovej konferencii vyjadril ve\u013ek\u00fa rados\u0165 z n\u00e1vratu tenisu do Ko\u0161\u00edc prim\u00e1tor mesta Jaroslav Pola\u010dek: „Dnes sl\u00e1vime druh\u00e9 v\u00fdro\u010die, odkedy sme toto centrum uviedli do prev\u00e1dzky. Je skvel\u00e9, \u017ee sa n\u00e1m otv\u00e1ra pr\u00edle\u017eitos\u0165 ve\u013ek\u00fdch turnajov. Nebude sa tu u\u017e iba tr\u00e9nova\u0165, ale priv\u00edtame dva ve\u013ek\u00e9 v\u00fdznamn\u00e9 profesion\u00e1lne turnaje. Za to som v\u010fa\u010dn\u00fd b\u00fdval\u00e9mu gener\u00e1lnemu sekret\u00e1rovi Slovensk\u00e9ho tenisov\u00e9ho zv\u00e4zu p\u00e1novi Mo\u0161kovi, \u017ee dodr\u017eal slovo a priniesol do Ko\u0161\u00edc aj profesion\u00e1lne podujatia. Pam\u00e4t\u00e1m si turnaje, ktor\u00e9 sa organizovali v minulosti na Ani\u010dke, ako \u0161tudent som tam ve\u013emi r\u00e1d chodil. Ak dok\u00e1\u017eeme t\u00fato atmosf\u00e9ru do Ko\u0161\u00edc vr\u00e1ti\u0165, m\u00f4\u017eeme op\u00e4\u0165 hovori\u0165 o Ko\u0161iciach ako o tenisovom meste,“ vyjadril svoje \u017eelanie Pola\u010dek pre web stz.sk. „Mesto Ko\u0161ice je spolo\u010dn\u00edkom cel\u00e9ho tohto komplexu, stavali sme ho spolo\u010dne s vl\u00e1dou SR a Slovensk\u00fdm tenisov\u00fdm zv\u00e4zom. Cez Visit Ko\u0161ice sme aj partnermi podujatia. Pre fan\u00fa\u0161ikov s\u00fa pripraven\u00e9 trib\u00fany a som ve\u013emi r\u00e1d, \u017ee si tak bud\u00fa m\u00f4c\u0165 tenis vychutna\u0165 v pohodl\u00ed. Pre v\u0161etk\u00fdch je vstup vo\u013en\u00fd.“<\/p>\n
\u0160\u00e9f organiza\u010dn\u00e9ho v\u00fdboru oboch podujat\u00ed Igor Mo\u0161ka sa te\u0161\u00ed, \u017ee v Ko\u0161iciach na oboch turnajoch priv\u00edta hr\u00e1\u010dov z viac ako dvadsiatich kraj\u00edn sveta. „Som ve\u013emi r\u00e1d, \u017ee v Ko\u0161iciach nadvia\u017eeme na ATP challenger z rokov 1993 a\u017e 1998, kedy sa tu hr\u00e1val \u0161pi\u010dkov\u00fd medzin\u00e1rodn\u00fd tenis. Tento rok p\u00f4jde o siedmy ro\u010dn\u00edk turnaja, ktor\u00fd bude nies\u0165 n\u00e1zov Ko\u0161ice Open. Okrem mu\u017esk\u00e9ho turnaja prinesieme do Ko\u0161\u00edc aj \u017eensk\u00fd turnaj Slovak Open, ktor\u00fd sa tu bude kona\u0165 v\u00f4bec po prv\u00fd raz. Ve\u013emi sa te\u0161\u00edme, \u017ee aj na v\u00fdchod Slovenska prinesieme fan\u00fa\u0161ikom kvalitn\u00fd \u0161port. Medzin\u00e1rodn\u00e9 majstrovstv\u00e1 Slovenska maj\u00fa ve\u013ek\u00fa hist\u00f3riu a dok\u00e1zali ho vyhra\u0165 mnoh\u00e9 zn\u00e1me osobnosti svetov\u00e9ho tenisu ako Am\u00e9lie Mauresmov\u00e1, Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1, Anna Karol\u00edna Schmiedlov\u00e1 \u010di Mark\u00e9ta Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1. Aj tento rok tu budeme ma\u0165 hr\u00e1\u010dky z viac ako dvadsiatich kraj\u00edn sveta. Ver\u00edm, \u017ee Ko\u0161i\u010dania si n\u00e1jdu cestu na trib\u00fany NTC Ko\u0161ice a pr\u00eddu si vychutna\u0165 na\u017eivo s\u00faboje na\u0161ich talentov so silnou medzin\u00e1rodnou konkurenciou. Fin\u00e1lov\u00e9 stretnutia sa bud\u00fa vysiela\u0165 aj v telev\u00edzii STVR. R\u00e1d by som sa po\u010fakoval Fondu na podporu \u0161portu, ktor\u00fd v\u00fdznamne podporil obe podujatia. Ver\u00edm, \u017ee nad\u0161enie zo strany STZ aj mesta Ko\u0161ice n\u00e1m zostane a \u017ee Ko\u0161i\u010dania sa maj\u00fa na \u010do te\u0161i\u0165,“ povedal Mo\u0161ka.<\/p>\n
Riadite\u013e turnaja Rudolf Horv\u00e1th ozn\u00e1mil pr\u00edtomn\u00fdm novin\u00e1rom obsadenie oboch turnajov. Hne\u010f v \u00favode sklamal slovensk\u00fdch fan\u00fa\u0161ikov spr\u00e1vou o ne\u00fa\u010dasti Poh\u00e1nkovej: „Som r\u00e1d, \u017ee po\u010das najbli\u017e\u0161\u00edch dvoch t\u00fd\u017ed\u0148ov budeme hosti\u0165 dva ve\u013ek\u00e9 turnaje a hr\u00e1\u010dov z mnoh\u00fdch kraj\u00edn sveta. Na \u017eenskom Slovak Open sa predstavia dve hr\u00e1\u010dky zo svetovej stovky – Argent\u00edn\u010danka Solana Sierrov\u00e1 a Nemka Tamara Korpatschov\u00e1. Mrz\u00ed ma, \u017ee zo slovensk\u00fdch hr\u00e1\u010dok sa musela odhl\u00e1si\u0165 Mia Poh\u00e1nkov\u00e1, ktor\u00e1 \u017eia\u013e ochorela a nebude tak m\u00f4c\u0165 na turnaji \u0161tartova\u0165. Vo\u013en\u00e9 karty do hlavnej s\u00fa\u0165a\u017ee dostala \u0161tvorica Nina Vargov\u00e1, Radka Zeln\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1, Kali \u0160upov\u00e1 a Laura Masarykov\u00e1. V kvalifik\u00e1cii sa v\u010faka vo\u013enej karte predstavia So\u0148a Depe\u0161ov\u00e1, Sofia Barh\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1, Nikola Farka\u0161ov\u00e1 a Romana \u010cisovsk\u00e1. Na mu\u017eskom turnaji bude najvy\u0161\u0161ie nasaden\u00fd Jay Clarke z Ve\u013ekej Brit\u00e1nie, zo Slov\u00e1kov je priamo v hlavnej s\u00fa\u0165a\u017ei Norbert Gombos. Do hlavnej s\u00fa\u0165a\u017ee dostal kartu po zranen\u00ed sa vracaj\u00faci Jozef Koval\u00edk, \u010falej Milo\u0161 Karol a Michal Kraj\u010d\u00ed. V kvalifik\u00e1cii na z\u00e1klade rebr\u00ed\u010dka bude \u0161tartova\u0165 Luk\u00e1\u0161 Pokorn\u00fd, na karty sa predstavia Marko Bek\u00e9ni, Dominik Ma\u010dej a Radovan Michalik. Touto cestou by som chcel v\u0161etk\u00fdch fan\u00fa\u0161ikov pozva\u0165 na trib\u00fany NTC KE a ver\u00edm, \u017ee vytvoria pre hr\u00e1\u010dov pr\u00edjemn\u00fa atmosf\u00e9ru.“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ko\u0161ice 14. m\u00e1ja (TASR) – NTC Ko\u0161ice sa v druhej polovici m\u00e1ja stane dejiskom dvoch medzin\u00e1rodn\u00fdch turnajov v…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[610,137,43,40,39,42,41,992,2230,1610],"class_list":{"0":"post-69751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kosice","8":"tag-kex","9":"tag-kosice","10":"tag-sk","11":"tag-slovak","12":"tag-slovakia","13":"tag-slovencina","14":"tag-slovensko","15":"tag-sr","16":"tag-tenis","17":"tag-zeny"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@sk\/116572913994426572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}