Tennis World Tour getting esports competition

If Roger Federer will be absent at Roland Garros (another name for the French Open in Tennis), his virtual avatar may still shine in Paris this spring, as although the Swiss legend has indeed favoured Wimbledon and the US Open over Roland Garros, he will be present in Paris thanks to an esports competition organised by Bigben Interactive for the video game Tennis World Tour.

SportBuzzBusiness.fr reports that a series of qualifiers are taking place in eight countries (China, India, Brazil, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, and Germany) and that the competition, supported by the FFT (French Tennis Federation) in partnership with one of its biggest sponsors (BNP Paribas Bank), will be held in April, prior to the game's release on May 22.

The matches will be played on a demo version with only one tennis court, that of the Porte d'Auteuil (the Parisian location of Roland Garros tournament), and the Grand Final of this competition will take place at Roland Garros on May 25, two days before the start of the Grand Slam.

It will be interesting to see the level players can reach in tennis simulations, a genre that has almost completely disappeared in recent years. Are you going to follow this competition? Are you interested in Tennis World Tour?