ATP Tournament Update

Written by: Staff on 12th July 2011

ATP Tournament Update

Tommy Robredo of Spain returns the ball to Fernando Verdasco of Spain during their second round match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters tournament in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, 13 April 2011. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA |

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Italian Filippo Volandri is through to the second around after Spain’s Tommy Robredo had to retire. Robredo pulled out with a thigh injury after one hour and 49 minutes, well in to the second set. Volandri will play the winner of Mikhail Kukushkin and Andreas Haider-Maurer in the next round.

Three Swedish players will be in action today. Michael Ryderstedt is playing Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina first on Centre Court followed by wildcard Christian Lindell vs. Pere Riba of Spain. Third Swede for the day is Andreas Vinicguerra, who received a wildcard after Erwin Eleskovic had to pull out. Vinciguerra will take on France’s Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy.

Hometown favourite and No.1 seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau is last match on Centre Court this evening. The opposition is Julian Knowle of Austria and Igor Zelenay of Slovakia.

Australian tennis legend and Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash has been spotted in Båstad. “Cashy” is recording a segment about Swedish tennis for his show “Open Court” showing on CNN.

“It’s an amazing place. I’ve heard a lot about this tournament but I never had the chance to play it. Now I understand why the players love it here. It’s very relaxed in a Spanish kind of way. You can have a lot of fun once you are out of the tournament,” Pat said.

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Bet-at-home Open in Hamburg secures 7 of top 20 players

The German Open has announced a new title sponsor bet-at-home.com. The tournament will be officially known as “Bet-at-home Open.” This ATP World Tour 500 event will run from 16^th July to 24^th July at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center.

The site is located in the heart of Hamburg. The main stadium court can host up to 13 200 spectators.

Tournament Director and former ATP Tour Professional Michael Stich announced there will be a Kids Day on Monday where children up to the age of twelve will get free access to the grounds.

This year’s draw will consist of 7 out of the top 20 players in the world. Last year’s winner Andrey Golubev won his first tittle here. He was also the first player from Kazakhstan to win an ATP Tour title.

Three German players will be in the main draw this year. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Philipp Petzchner and Florian Mayer.

Some of the players you can see in action at the be-at-home Open in Hamburg this year are:

Gael Monfils

Nicolas Almagro

Jurgen Melzer

Giles Simon

Mikhail Youznhy

Florian Mayer

Alexandr Dolgopolov

Andrey Golubev

Juan Ignacio Chela

Fernando Verdasco