The Barons' Hall of Castel Nuovo becomes for three days the suggestive home of the Davis Cup, the trophy that Italy has just regained for the second time in its history after the success of 1976. Today the official inauguration, then the cup will be on display to the public tomorrow and the day after - Friday 23 and Saturday 24 - from 9 am to 6 pm.
On Sunday 25, instead the trophy will be displayed at the Naples tennis club with opening to the public from 10 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm.
"In Naples and in Campania - emphasized the mayor Gaetano Manfredi - there is an important tennis movement and we consider this stage of the Davis here with us a good omen for the initiatives that can be done in the future with the federation. Within the path towards Naples capital of sport we host many events to which the city always participates with great enthusiasm. Sport is a great vehicle of sociality and tourism as well as international promotion. As for tennis, which is a sport that the city particularly loves, we are working to have a federal center and Bagnoli would be the ideal location".
"Behind the conquest of the Davis Cup, which has returned to Italy after 47 years, there is a very important work done by the federation and athletes, also with the contribution of great Campanian champions. The choice of Naples as a stage of the tour that the cup is doing is due to this and also to the title of European capital of sport 2026 that the city has conquered", said the sports councilor Emanuela Ferrante.
"We are living the highest moment of the centenary history of our sport - highlighted the president of the Italian tennis federation Angelo Binaghi - We have had incredible sports results, but not only: we have never had such a high number of practitioners, of members, of tournaments, of padel players, of affiliated clubs. For me it is a moment of celebration and we are pleased to live it in Naples, a land that has given so much to the history of tennis".