Qatar Exxonmobil Open - 2009 Qatar Exxonmobil Open (Paperback)

Chapters: 2009 Qatar Exxonmobil Open. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 69. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 5 through January 10, 2009. The event offered prize money of $183,000 USD for the winner, as well as 250 ranking points. The singles field was headlined by World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, World No. 2 Roger Federer, World No. 3 Andy Murray, and World No. 8 Andy Roddick. Day by day summaries of the men's singles and doubles events. The singles draw is composed of 32 players, with 8 of these players seeded, while the doubles draw features 16 players, 4 of which are seeded. Fifth seed Frenchman Ga l Monfils was the first player to reach the second round in the singles event with a straight-forward 62, 62 victory over 99th ranked Czech player Jan Hernych. His next opponent will be fellow countryman Nicolas Devilder who overcame home wildcard Abdulla Haji 60, 63 The no. 4 seed, Andy Roddick had a comfortable 61, 63 win against Iv n Navarro. In other first round matches completed on day one, Victor Hnescu won his match against Viktor Troicki, the Romanian overcoming the Serbian currently ranked eight places below him in the world rankings at #56 and Italian Andreas Seppi overcame the German Denis Gremelmayr by the same scoreline. The match between Sergiy Stakhovsky (who had just entered the top 100 at #93) and Christophe Rochus became the first in the tournament to last three sets, Stakhovsky coming out on top 26, 63, 76(3). Philipp Petzschner won his opening match against Frenchman J r my Chard...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2041572