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.