
Six weeks away from the new Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, a press conference was held at Roland-Garros on tuesday april 6th 2010. Alongside Jean-François Caujolle, co-directeur of the tournament were Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice and French minister of Industry, Eric Ciotti head of state Alpes Maritimes and Daniel Hette secretary general of the French Tennis Federation.
Amongst topics discussed were:
- expected players such as Davydenko, Verdasco, Monfils, Soderling, Baghdatis, Gasquet.
- Open de Nice Côte d'Azur an ecoresponsable tournament with a focus on the use of natural ressources and recycable goods.
- the tradition of the Nice tournament one of the few to be played in an authentic tennis club.