There is a big controversy that is going on between the ATP and the state of Rio.
Bringing Nadal to Rio and awarding an ATP 500 to the city definitely gave some boost to the local tourism.
It seems that the state government and the tour have agreed to end contract that allowed Rio to promote itself at ATP events.
The ATP President Kermode commented “It’s left a very bad taste, to be honest. We had an agreement with Rio Tourism. We came to a mutual agreement to terminate and the terms were very clear. Unfortunately, we haven’t been paid. It’s doesn’t look as though we are going to be paid.”
Well… at this point we wonder if we will have another ATP500 event at all in 2015.
