Croatian President Ivo Josipović recently
received the delegation of the 25th edition of the tennis
tournament 25th Vegeta Croatia Open, which has been taking place
under his auspices from the very start. The delegation included
President of the Management Board of Zagrebačka banka
Franjo Luković, Member of the Management Board of
Zagrebačka banka Miljenko Živaljić, President of
the Management Board of Istraturist Željko
Kukurin, Umag Mayor Vili Bassanese and
Tournament Director Vanja Božičković.
Members of the delegation informed the head of state about the
ongoing preparations for this year's anniversary edition of the
tournament, which will take place between July 17 and
27. Once again the list of players who will participate in
the tournament is an impressive one as it includes three former
tournament winners, headed by Croatia's top player Marin
Čilić. In the sports part of the celebrations, the
tournament will welcome four of the great names in the world of
tennis - namely, Goran Ivanišević, Thomas Muster, Henri
Leconte and Mansour Bahrami - who will
play an exhibition match.
President Josipović stated that over the past 25 years the
Umag-based tournament had grown into one of the most
significant sports and social events in the country. He
gave special support to the innovative blend of top-quality sports
and original gourmet offer, with which the tournament is greatly
contributing to the promotion of Umag, Istria and Croatia as
premium tourist destination. Josipović himself has contributed to
this particular promotion as for the past two years he has
presented the ATP Wine trophy to the winners of the wine tastings
that are held during the tournament.
Seeing as the tournament is held under the auspices of the head of
state, each year Josipović watches the final matches from the VIP
box and presents the trophy to the winners. The Umag-based
tournament's delegation presented Josipović with a small replica of
the trophy as a sign of gratitude, expressing hopes that once again
he would visit Umag and follow the final match of the 25th Vegeta
Croatia Open.
Croatian President Ivo Josipović recently received the delegation of the 25th edition of the tennis tournament 25th Vegeta Croatia Open, which has been taking place under his auspices from the very start.