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Name: Aircel Chennai Open
Category: ATP World Tour 250
Place: Chennai, India
Date: 02.01.2012-08.01.2012
Draw Size: S-28 D-16
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: $ 398,250

Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 9
Almagro, Nicolas ESP 10
Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 17
Raonic, Milos CAN 31
Dodig, Ivan CRO 36
Haase, Robin NED 45
Fognini, Fabio ITA 48
Malisse, Xavier BEL 49
Rochus, Olivier BEL 67
Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 82
Sela, Dudi ISR 84
Devvarman, Somdev IND 85
Darcis, Steve BEL 88
Riba, Pere ESP 89
Hanescu, Victor ROU 90
Kavcic, Blaz SLO 92
Querrey, Sam USA 93
Paire, Benoit FRA 94
Prodon, Eric FRA 97
Beck, Andreas GER 98
Beck, Karol SVK 100
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(WC) Vishnu Vardhan
(WC) Yuki Bhambri
(WC) David Goffin

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Name: Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Category: ATP World Tour 250
Place: Doha, Qatar
Date: 02.01.2012-07.01.2012
Draw Size: S-32 D-16
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: $ 1,024,000

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
2 Federer, Roger SUI 4
3 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 6
4 Monfils, Gael FRA 15
5 Troicki, Viktor SRB 21
6 Bogomolov Jr., Alex RUS 34
7 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 35
8 Seppi, Andreas ITA 38
9 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 40
10 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 42
11 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 43
12 Andujar, Pablo ESP 46
13 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 56
14 Kubot, Lukasz POL 57
15 Starace, Potito ITA 58
16 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 61
17 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 62
18 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 65
19 Ramos, Albert ESP 66
20 Machado, Rui POR 68
21 Volandri, Filippo ITA 69
22 Rosol, Lukas CZE 70
23 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 71
24 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 76
25 Becker, Benjamin GER @80
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

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Doubles - Doha

1 Lopez, Marc (ESP)/Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 39
2 Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 46
3 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 46
4 Kas, Christopher (GER)/Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER) 66
5 Brown, Dustin (GER)/Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 75
6 Kubot, Lukasz (POL)/Troicki, Viktor (SRB) 75
7 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 76
8 Stakhovsky, Sergiy (UKR)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 82
9 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Starace, Potito (ITA) 88
10 Cerretani, James (USA)/Norman, Dick (BEL) 94
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

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Doubles - Chennai

1 Paes, Leander (IND)/Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB) 17
2 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Bopanna, Rohan (IND) 18
3 Lipsky, Scott (USA)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 74
4 Haase, Robin (NED)/Raonic, Milos (CAN) 76
5 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP)/Riba, Pere (ESP) 99
6 Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL)/Farah, Robert (COL) 108
7 Beck, Andreas (GER)/Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 115
8 Malisse, Xavier (BEL)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 116
9 Marx, Philipp (GER)/Shamasdin, Adil (CAN) 125
10 Brunstrom, Johan (SWE)/Dodig, Ivan (CRO) 127
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

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CHENNAI: Four tennis players from Tamil Nadu have been given wild card entries into the doubles main draw of the Aircel Chennai Open, slated to be held from January 2-8.

Depending on the draw, the young Indian doubles pairing of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and N Sriram Balaji along with Ramkumar Ramanathan and Mohit Mayur would be fighting against their senior professionals Leander Paes and Janko Tipservic and Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the doubles event.

Following the split between Paes and Bhupathi, Indian tennis fans are in for a special treat this New Year with the country's top three doubles players - Mahesh and Rohan pairing up, while Leander having Janko Tipservic as his partner. All three Indian stars have already confirmed participation in the event.

For Jeevan, Sriram, Ramkumar and Mohit it will be their maiden appearance at the Chennai Open.

Left-handed Nedunchezhiyan, with a singles ranking of 556, is the highest-ranked among the four players, all of whom are well-established in the national circuit.

As part of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association's Advanced Players Program, the development of these players, including overseas training at Schuttler-Waske Tennis University in Germany and Sanchez-Casal Academy in Spain, has been supported by the TNTA.

MA Alagappan, president, Tamil Nadu Tennis Association, said: "It's heartening to know that four young players from Tamil Nadu will get an opportunity to showcase their talent on a truly international stage. These opportunities go a long way in developing the confidence of young players and I wish the boys the very best."

Fernando Soler, Tournament Director and Head of Tennis, IMG Worldwide, said: "The move not only helps promote home grown talent, it also infuses more spectator interest. Chennai is known as the 'cradle of Indian tennis' and the passionate fans love their tennis."

Via the Times of India

[AlistDakisa]

Haase tweeted this morning that he won't be in Chennai:

@robin_haase:
By the way, I am not going to Chennai this year. Had to withdraw. If someone wants to know why, one word: Visa.....

[Switiespils]

Haase tweeted this morning that he won't be in Chennai:

@robin_haase:
By the way, I am not going to Chennai this year. Had to withdraw. If someone wants to know why, one word: Visa.....

Did Tommy wait too long? A US citizen shouldn't have a problem getting a visa to India.

[addisonnicogel]

Did Tommy wait too long? A US citizen shouldn't have a problem getting a visa to India.

That is Robin Haase from the Netherlands. Tommy Haas is scheduled for Brisbane.

[beneitpedro]

I'm never going to complain when a random scrub gets a WC......but really? David Goffin? I mean it's adorable because he's the same height as a hobbit but that is totally out of nowhere.

[Switiespils]

That is Robin Haase from the Netherlands. Tommy Haas is scheduled for Brisbane.

Reading is fundamental.

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Chennai Qualifying Draw

[1] Robert, Stephane (FRA) vs Sousa, Joao (POR)
Wang, Jimmy (TPE) vs Sugita, Yuichi (JPN)
[WC] Wagh, Akash (IND) vs Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI)
[WC] Tiwari, Abhijeet (IND) vs [6] De Voest, Rik (RSA)

[2] Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA) vs Kudryavtsev, Alexander (RUS)
Lajovic, Dusan (SRB) vs Singh, Sanam (IND)
Prashanth, N. Vijay Sundar (IND) vs Bopanna, Rohan (IND)
Peranamallur, Vignesh (IND) vs [5] Soeda, Go (JPN)

[3] Van Der Merwe, Izak (RSA) vs Baker, Jamie (GBR)
Cervantes-Huegun, Inigo (ESP) vs Virali-Murugesan, Ranjeet (IND)
[WC] Elangovan, Neeraj (IND) vs Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL)
De Bakker, Thiemo (NED) vs [7] Brugues-Davi, Arnau (ESP)

[4] Pospisil, Vasek (CAN) vs Nedunchezhiyan, Jeevan (IND)
Jayaprakash, Mohit Mayur (IND) vs Ramanathan, Ramkumar (IND)
Rastogi, Karan (IND) vs [WC] Gunneswaran, Prajnesh (IND)
Balaji, N. Sriram (IND) vs [8] Ram, Rajeev (USA)

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Doha Qualifying Draw

[1] BACHINGER, Matthias GER vs FISCHER, Martin AUT
SCHUKIN, Yuri KAZ vs BEDENE, Aljaz SLO
[WC] GHAREEB, Mohammad KUW vs [WC] AL HARIB, Abdulrahman QAT
YANG, Tsung-Hua TPE vs [7] GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ

[2] ILHAN, Marsel TUR vs BEGEMANN, Andre GER
CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI vs GREMELMAYR, Denis GER
COPIL, Marius ROU vs VEIC, Antonio CRO
AUTHOM, Maxime BEL vs [6] SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER

[3] LACKO, Lukas SVK vs ZVEREV, Mischa GER
MARCHENKO, Illya UKR vs SIJSLING, Igor NED
TOREBKO, Peter GER vs BAUTISTA-AGUT, Roberto ESP
BROWN, Dustin GER vs [8] PHAU, Bjorn GER

[4] ZEMLJA, Grega SLO vs KRAVCHUK, Konstantin RUS
[WC] MAQDAS, Abdullah KUW vs MEFFERT, Dominik GER
[WC] ZAYED, Mousa QAT vs WARD, James GBR
HUTA GALUNG, Jesse NED vs [5] KLIZAN, Martin SVK

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Chennai Main Draw

(1)Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/BYE
(WC)Yuki Bhambri (IND) vs Karol Beck (SVK)
Andreas Beck (GER) vs Qualifier
(WC)David Goffin (BEL) vs (7)Xavier Malisse (BEL)

(3)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)/BYE
Eric Prodon (FRA) vs Somdev Devvarman (IND)
Frederico Gil (POR) vs Qualifier
(WC)Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (5)Ivan Dodig (CRO)

(6)Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)
Pere Riba (ESP) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)
Sam Querrey (USA) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU)
(4)Milos Raonic (CAN)/BYE

(8)Olivier Rochus (BEL) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Blaz Kavcic (SLO) vs Steve Darcis (BEL)
(2)Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/BYE

[papadopul]

Chennai Doubles

[1] BHUPATHI, Mahesh/BOPANNA, Rohan IND vs MALISSE, Xavier BEL/SKUPSKI, Ken GBR
MARX, Philipp GER/SHAMASDIN, Adil CAN vs BECK, Andreas GER/WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI

[4] ERLICH, Jonathan/RAM, Andy ISR vs [WC] JAYAPRAKASH, Mohit Mayur/RAMANATHAN, Ramkumar IND
ALMAGRO, Nicolas/RIBA, Pere ESP vs KNOWLE, Julian AUT/KOHLMANN, Michael GER

FOGNINI, Fabio ITA/ZELENAY, Igor SVK vs BRUNSTROM, Johan SWE/DODIG, Ivan CRO
DEVVARMAN, Somdev IND/HUEY, Treat Conrad PHI vs [3] PAES, Leander IND/TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

CABAL, Juan Sebastian/FARAH, Robert COL vs KUDRYAVTSEV, Alexander RUS/ROCHUS, Olivier BEL
[WC] BALAJI, N.Sriram/NEDUNCHEZHIYAN, Jeevan IND vs [2] LIPSKY, Scott/RAM, Rajeev USA

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ORDER OF PLAY - MONDAY, 2 JANUARY, 2012 - Chennai

CENTRE COURT start 5:00 pm

[WC] Y Bhambri (IND) vs K Beck (SVK)
[WC] V Vardhan (IND) vs [5] I Dodig (CRO)
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) vs [WC] M Jayaprakash (IND) / R Ramanathan (IND)

COURT 1 start 2:00 pm

Qualifying - V Pospisil (CAN) vs R Ram (USA)
Qualifying - E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs G Soeda (JPN)

Not Before 5:00 PM
[6] F Fognini (ITA) vs D Sela (ISR)
P Riba (ESP) vs B Paire (FRA)

COURT 2 start 2:00 pm

Qualifying - Y Sugita (JPN) vs R De Voest (RSA)
Qualifying - I Van der Merwe (RSA) vs T de Bakker (NED)

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ORDER OF PLAY - MONDAY, 2 JANUARY, 2012 - Doha

CENTER COURT start 3:30 pm

[8] A Seppi (ITA) vs L Kubot (POL)

Not Before 5:30 PM
L Rosol (CZE) vs [5] V Troicki (SRB)
[6] A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs F Volandri (ITA)
B Becker (GER) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS)

COURT 1 start 3:00 pm

Qualifying - M Bachinger (GER) vs A Golubev (KAZ)
[WC] A Al Mutawa (QAT) vs F Cipolla (ITA)
[3] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) vs D Brown (GER) / J Tsonga (FRA)
[1] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs C Kas (GER) / P Kohlschreiber (GER)

COURT 2 start 3:00 pm

Qualifying - D Gremelmayr (GER) vs R Schuettler (GER)
A Ramos (ESP) vs D Tursunov (RUS)
P Andujar (ESP) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [4] S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS)

COURT 3 start 3:00 pm

Qualifying - I Sijsling (NED) vs R Bautista-Agut (ESP)

COURT 4 start 3:00 pm

Qualifying - G Zemlja (SLO) vs J Huta Galung (NED)

[clapsoewmred]

Very nice win for Yuki.

[Nikkkola]

RESULTS
Chennai
Singles - First Round
[5] I Dodig (CRO) d [WC] V Vardhan (IND) 46 76(8) 61
D Sela (ISR) d [6] F Fognini (ITA) 60 61
[WC] Y Bhambri (IND) d K Beck (SVK) 62 63
B Paire (FRA) d P Riba (ESP) 62 61

Doubles - First Round
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d [WC] M Jayaprakash (IND) / R Ramanathan (IND) 62 61


Doha
Singles - First Round
[5] V Troicki (SRB) d L Rosol (CZE) 64 76(4)
[6] A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) d F Volandri (ITA) 57 64 62
[8] A Seppi (ITA) d L Kubot (POL) 62 63
B Becker (GER) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 64 75
A Ramos (ESP) d D Tursunov (RUS) 75 62
F Cipolla (ITA) d [WC] A Al Mutawa (QAT) 60 60

Doubles - First Round
C Kas (GER) / P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [1] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) 26 64 12-10
[3] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) d D Brown (GER) / J Tsonga (FRA) 61 75
P Andujar (ESP) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [4] S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS) 62 36 10-6

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SCHEDULE - TUESDAY, 3 JANUARY, 2012 - Doha

CENTER COURT start 3:30 pm

[WC] M Jaziri (TUN) vs [3] J Tsonga (FRA)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs P Kohlschreiber (GER)
N Davydenko (RUS) vs [2] R Federer (SUI)
[4] G Monfils (FRA) vs R Machado (POR)

COURT 1 start 3:30 pm

S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs I Karlovic (CRO)
E Gulbis (LAT) vs [7] M Youzhny (RUS)
A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) / I Kunitsyn (RUS) vs I Karlovic (CRO) / F Moser (GER)
[WC] S Sabry (EGY) / M Safwat (EGY) vs F Polasek (SVK) / L Rosol (CZE)

COURT 2 start 3:30 pm

[Q] D Gremelmayr (GER) vs P Starace (ITA)
[WC] S Bubka (UKR) vs [Q] G Zemlja (SLO)
L Kubot (POL) / V Troicki (SRB) vs F Cipolla (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA)
M Lopez (ESP) / A Ramos (ESP) vs [WC] A Al Mutawa (QAT) / M Ghareeb (KUW)

COURT 3 start 3:30 pm

D Tursunov (RUS) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs [2] J Cerretani (USA) / D Norman (BEL)
P Andujar (ESP) vs G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

COURT 4 start 3:30 pm

[Q] R Bautista-Agut (ESP) vs [Q] M Bachinger (GER)

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SCHEDULE - TUESDAY, 3 JANUARY, 2012 - Chennai

CENTRE COURT start 5:00 pm

S Querrey (USA) vs V Hanescu (ROU)
[WC] D Goffin (BEL) vs [7] X Malisse (BEL)
N Almagro (ESP) / P Riba (ESP) vs J Knowle (AUT) / M Kohlmann (GER)
[WC] N Balaji (IND) / J Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs [2] S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA)

COURT 1 start 4:00 pm

[8] O Rochus (BEL) vs [Q] Y Sugita (JPN)
A Beck (GER) vs [Q] V Pospisil (CAN)
F Gil (POR) vs [Q] G Soeda (JPN)
P Marx (GER) / A Shamasdin (CAN) vs A Beck (GER) / S Wawrinka (SUI)

COURT 2 start 4:00 pm

E Prodon (FRA) vs [LL] E Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[Q] T de Bakker (NED) vs Y Lu (TPE)
B Kavcic (SLO) vs S Darcis (BEL)
F Fognini (ITA) / I Zelenay (SVK) vs J Brunstrom (SWE) / I Dodig (CRO)