On Saturday evening, a few hours after the doubles final and on the eve of the singles final, Hotel Liberté 33 hosted the tournament Tennis Party — an event accompanying Astra Coffee & More Open 2026, held at one of the championships’ partners.
The guest of the evening was the Mayor of Poznań, Jacek Jaśkowiak. For the organisers his presence is a signal that the championships, held for twenty-seven years and today an ITF World Tennis Tour event with a $30,000 prize fund, are treated as part of the city’s sporting map rather than an event known only within the tennis community. The city was also represented by the newly appointed Deputy Mayor of Poznań, Bartosz Derech.
Representatives of the championships’ partners and sponsors were among the guests. The title sponsor was represented by Janusz Kosiński, founder of the Lagris Group. Also present were Marcin Piszcz of the Piszcz i Wspólnicy law firm and the tournament supervisor Zarko Popovic. The Tennis Party was likewise attended by Wojciech Fibak, who had watched matches from the centre court stands both the day before and again today.
The evening was an opportunity to thank those without whom a tournament of this rank would not take place in Poznań, to offer congratulations and — as at any gathering of tennis people — to talk about the game itself, about the players’ form and about what Sunday’s final will bring.
Tournament director Jacek Muzolf revealed that shortly before the gathering he had spoken with Daniel Michalski, who promised he would do everything to win Sunday’s final. Those words carry extra weight in Poznań. Since Astra Coffee & More became title sponsor of the championships two years ago, the singles final has always ended in a Polish victory: in 2024 it was won by Michalski himself, after a three-set battle with the Czech Michael Vrbensky, and a year later by Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutyński. Tomorrow that run has a chance to continue.
In the photograph, from left: Wojciech Fibak, the Mayor of Poznań Jacek Jaśkowiak, the founder of the Lagris Group Janusz Kosiński and tournament director Jacek Muzolf.
The singles final on Sunday at 11:00 on the AZS courts. Admission free.
