Chennai Open 2010

12/8/2009

The USD 450,000 Aircel Chennai Open 2010 is being held in January 2010 at the SDAT stadium, Chennai. The tournament will feature an impressive line-up of stars, both Indian and International who will vie for the one of the first ATP titles of the new season.

Leading the field is Robin Soderling who is currently World No. 9 and is the first and only tennis player to defeat Rafael Nadal in the French Open 2009. Also participating is the defending champion Marin Cilic who is currently World No. 14. Joining the competition is World No. 21 (World No. 9 in June 2008), Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Gold Medal in Doubles (with Roger Federer).

Completing the star-brigade in Singles draw are: Janko Tipsarevic and Dudi Sela.

Other well-known players include Simon Greul, Rajeev Ram, Lukas Lacko, Michael Russell, Rainer Schuettler, Theimo De Bakker, Yen-Hsun Lu, Robby Ginepri, Daniel Brands and Michael Berrer amongst others.

The impressive field for Singles Draw of Aircel Chennai Open 2010 boasts of 3 top 25 players. Also, as many as 15 players are from top 100 players, thus making it a powerful and impressive field.