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Turniej ATP w Pekinie.

World No 1 Nadal of Spain, world No 3 Djokovic of Serbia and defending champion Roddick of the United States have already confirmed their entries for the men's tournament, a stop on the ATP 500 Series.

Kuala Lumpur has returned to the ATP Asian calendar, with French Open finalist Robin Söderling announcing his participation in inadvertently dramatic fashion.

The Swede made a confirming telephone call or organisers which rang just as Malaysia's prime minister was speaking at the presentation ceremony in the capital.

The city is back on the circuit after a gap or more than a decade. In 1995 Chile's Marcelo Rios won the indoor event.

The tournament from September 28 also boasts No. 8 and Australian Open semi-finalist Fernando Verdasco and Chile's No. 10 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile. It will be held the same week as the Thailand Open with Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, one hour's flight away in Bangkok.

Also playing: Nikolay Davydenko, Spain's David Ferrer and Japanese number one Kei Nishikori, currently out with an elbow injury.

The Malaysian Open will be held at the 16,000-seat Putra Stadium in the capital. It is the fifth of the autumn Asian swing and will double-up with the Thailand Open, held the same week. Events in Tokyo and Beijing and the Shanghai Masters 1000 follow.

"There is great demand for cities to host ATP events and in particular within the Asian region," said ATP International head Brad Drewett. "Asian tennis fans have demonstrated that they are among the best in the world and we are excited that tennis fans across Malaysia now have the opportunity to see some of the world's best players battling it out in the heart of Kuala Lumpur".

Federer i Nishikori zagrają w Tokio.

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Hewitt zagra w Kuala Lumpur.

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Lista Bangkoku :

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 3
2 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 7
3 Simon, Gilles FRA 9
4 Querrey, Sam USA 26
5 Troicki, Viktor SRB 30
6 Sela, Dudi ISR 34
7 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 37
8 Petzschner, Philipp GER 39
9 Beck, Andreas GER 40
10 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 44
11 Zverev, Mischa GER 46
12 Becker, Benjamin GER 47
13 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 52
14 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 53
15 Benneteau, Julien FRA 55
16 Daniel, Marcos BRA 58
17 Isner, John USA 59
18 Safin, Marat RUS 61
19 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 65
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

Alternates
1. Greul, Simon GER 66
2. Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 67
3. Ginepri, Robby USA 70
4. Hernych, Jan CZE 72
5. Koellerer, Daniel AUT 73
6. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 74
7. Crivoi, Victor ROU 75
8. Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 76
9. Zeballos, Horacio ARG 78
10. Luczak, Peter AUS 79
11. Kendrick, Robert USA 80
12. Korolev, Evgeny RUS 82
13. Srichaphan, Paradorn THA @82
14. Hernandez, Oscar ESP 84
15. Odesnik, Wayne USA 85

Kuala Lumpur Confirmed As Newest Stop On ATP World Tour

The ATP World Tour’s strengthened fall Asian swing will begin in South-East Asia after the governing body of men’s professional tennis today confirmed that Kuala Lumpur will host an ATP World Tour-level tournament.

The tournament was officially launched by Prime Minister of Malaysia, Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and will be known as the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur. The ATP World Tour 250 event will be held indoors at the 16,000-seat Putra Stadium at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex, commencing on Monday 28 September.

“There is great demand for cities to host ATP World Tour events and in particular within the Asian region. Kuala Lumpur presented a very strong application to become part of the ATP World Tour. This, combined with their excellent tournament facilities, management team and the support of the Malaysian Government, we are confident that Kuala Lumpur is the right venue to continue developing tennis within South-East Asia,” said Brad Drewett, CEO, ATP International.

“Asian tennis fans have demonstrated that they are among the best in the world and we are excited that tennis fans across Malaysia now have the opportunity to see some of the world’s best players battling it out in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.”

The Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, supported by the Government of Malaysia, will be organized by leading international management company IMG and headed by Tournament Director Nick Freyer, Senior Vice President IMG and Head of Tennis, Asia.

“I warmly thank the Prime Minister for his belief and support of this project from the very start, to all those people, many of whose contributions remain private but deeply appreciated, people whose advice and counsel was invaluable and who worked so many hours during the bid process and more recently during the event launch phase,” said Nick Freyer.

“Our great appreciation extends to the ATP World Tour Board and Brad Drewett for the support and trust they showed in us and to our friends at the Putra Stadium and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for their confidence and contributions, the Ministries of Sport and Tourism, the National Sports Council and of course to the ATP World Tour players who have so readily accepted the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur as a tournament to play and be part of.”

The Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, will be one of five events in the strengthened Asian swing, that will culminate with the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 presented by Rolex.

Upcoming ATP Tournaments in Asia
Date City Tournament Event Category
Sep 28 Bangkok PTT Thailand Open ATP World Tour 250
Sep 28 Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur ATP World Tour 250
Oct 5 Beijing China Open ATP World Tour 500
Oct 5 Tokyo Rakuten Japan Open ATP World Tour 500
Oct 12 Shanghai  Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Masters 1000

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ATP Pekin - Lista Startowa :

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 3
2 Djokovic, Novak SRB 4
3 Roddick, Andy USA 5
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 8
5 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 10
6 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 11
7 Soderling, Robin SWE 12
8 Robredo, Tommy ESP 15
9 Ferrer, David ESP 19
10 Blake, James USA 22
11 Querrey, Sam USA 23
12 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 24
13 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 25
14 Fish, Mardy USA 26
15 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 27
16 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 28
17 Hanescu, Victor ROU 29
18 Andreev, Igor RUS 30
19 Troicki, Viktor SRB 31
20 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 33
21 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 34
22 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 36
23 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 42
24 Benneteau, Julien FRA 43
25 Becker, Benjamin GER 45
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1. Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 50
2. Acasuso, Jose ARG 52
3. Golubev, Andrey KAZ 56
4. Daniel, Marcos BRA 57
5. Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 59
6. Serra, Florent FRA 60
7. Koellerer, Daniel AUT 61
8. Vliegen, Kristof BEL 62
9. Greul, Simon GER 64
10. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 65
11. Bolelli, Simone ITA 67
12. Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 68
13. Hernych, Jan CZE 70
14. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 71
15. Fognini, Fabio ITA 73

Drabinki jeszcze nie ma ale fakt, obsada przednia.
Dziwi mnie to trochę, bo przed rokiem na IO zawodnicy narzekali na złe warunki, zanieczyszczone powietrze itp. Teraz nagła zmiana? Chińczycy mają najlepiej obsadzony turniej "500". Czyżby czołówka miała dostać jakieś większe startowe?

Fed-Expresso napisał:

Widzę, że Nadal ze swoim sztabem jeszcze nie zmądrzeli po tegorocznej kontuzji, na osłabione kolana , niedługo po USO posyłają go na 2 tygodniową bieganinę po hardzie, potem jeszcze Masters w Shanghaju, Paryż i Londyn.

To jest wymóg ATP: każdy zawodnik z czuba musi zagrać przynajmniej 1 turniej 250/500 po US Open.