The final of the Fed Cup last weekend was the latest in a series of major international sports events to be held in Madrid this year, providing an ideal opportunity for the leaders of the Madrid 2016 Olympic Bid to demonstrate their city’s capability of delivering international sport.
Olympic bid chief, Mercedes Coghen, said: “It has been an amazing summer of sport for Spanish men’s tennis with Rafael Nadel winning an Olympic gold medal and of course the Wimbledon and French Open titles. Now it is the opportunity for the Spanish women build on their fantastic Olympic silver medal success.
“This year Spain has successfully hosted many major sports events including round three of the World Mountain Biking Championships in Madrid’s Casa de Campo Park, the World Open Waters Swimming Championships in Seville, the Wheelchair World Basketball Championships and the finals of European club basketball championships in Madrid”.
Russia retained the Fed Cup after Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues 57 63 64 at the Club de Campo in Madrid.
