Romanian Gamer wins Nitto ATP Finals eSports title

pVictor Ionescu is the emTennis Clash/em eSports champion! Battling out in front of a lively crowd inside the Inalpi Arena Wednesday night, Ionescu overcame Matteo Dal Forno to win the emTennis Clash/em eSports crown and euro;6,000 in prize money./p

pThe lsquo;Road To Turinrsquo; began earlier this year, with 748,000 participants entering. After competing through three qualifying tournaments and five in-game tournaments, eight players qualified for finals day in Turin./p

pThe round-robin and semi-finals stage of the mobile game occurred at the FITP eSports corner inside the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a Fan Village, with Ionescunbsp;and Dal Forno advancing to the final./p

pWith the pressure on, Ionescunbsp;stepped up to win the title./p

pldquo;When I saw my name on every screen inside the stadium it was very humbling, it was very crazy,rdquo; Ionescunbsp;said after his win. ldquo;I would never have anticipated this five years ago when I started playing this game. In order to qualify you have to win online and it was very competitive. There were many good players. Now I was here with the best players and it was crazy.rdquo;/p

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pGiovanni Di Natale, head of Marketing and Digital Business at FITP (Italian Tennis and Padel Federation), is pleased with the success of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a eSeries./p

p"We believe that the eSports movement aligns with and supports our values, as well as the practice and vision of our players,rdquo; Di Natale said. ldquo;Currently, the eSportsFITP platform has over one million members, and we are committed to enhancing this initiative. While eSports is increasingly becoming a part of everyday life for young people, not all of them have access to traditional on-court tennis. To address this, we are striving to establish a balanced approach that promotes both virtual and on-court experiences./p

pldquo;This initiative allows young enthusiasts of eSports to participate in events where they can play emTennis Clash/em and potentially be inspired to try tennis on court.rdquo;/p

pAll a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a eSeries matches took place on a ldquo;virtualrdquo; court that replicates the Inalpi Arena and was created specifically for the event by WildLife Studios, the publisher of the emTennis Clash/em game and FITP's partner in the development of the project. There was a total prize pot of euro;10,000./p

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