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Tournament Name: INDIANAPOLIS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, USA
Dates: JULY 19–26, 2009 (SUNDAY START)
Prize Money: US $519,000 (US $450,000)
32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING)

SITE: INDIANAPOLIS TENNIS CENTER
150 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202
SURFACE: DECO TURF II
BALL: WILSON EXTRA DUTY
PRIZE MONEY: U.S. Dollars–Paid by ATP
WEB SITE: http://www.tennisindy.com/

Qualifying draw: Friday, July 17, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, July 17, after 5:00 p.m. (TBD)
Doubles draw: Saturday, July 18, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12

Entry deadline: June 8, 2009
Seeding: July 13, 2009

Roddick, Andy USA 6
Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 27
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 39
Gicquel, Marc FRA 40
Querrey, Sam USA 46
Sela, Dudi ISR 47
Clement, Arnaud FRA 50
Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 67
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 69
Mayer, Leonardo ARG 71
Istomin, Denis UZB 79
Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 81
Becker, Benjamin GER 83
Kim, Kevin USA 87
Reynolds, Bobby USA 91
Spadea, Vincent USA 98
Dabul, Brian ARG 100
Daniel, Marcos BRA 102
Isner, John USA 104
Berrer, Michael GER 107
Schwank, Eduardo ARG 109
Cipolla, Flavio ITA 110
Karanusic, Roko CRO 111
(SE)
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(WC) Ginepri, Robby USA
(WC) Dent, Taylor USA
(WC) Ram, Rajeev USA

[freddystone]

What has happened to this tournament is a real shame.

[wrenjmerg]

What has happened to this tournament is a real shame.

Yeah, it used to have a plum spot closer to the US Open, and a week after Cincinnati, which is 90 minutes away. I remember seeing Agassi defaulted for slamming a ball out of the arena (deliberations on whether he would be defaulted took about an hour), and during a Sampras match, a kid jumped from the stands onto the court and tried to grab the Mercedes logo off the net (he yanked and yanked, never got it). Saw Guga and Safin go 7-6 in the third in 2000, which prompted me to pick Safin to win the US Open that year and look like a genius. Too bad there wasn't a suicide pool back then.

Still, the Roddick-Black final, 7-6 in the third, from three years ago was a beauty. Simon-Querrey last year was great. You could stand right by the fence of Simon's practices five days before he beat Federer in Toronto. The tournament still has great matches.

[appleiphoneees]

7/17/2009 Updates

Roddick has withdrawn.
Both SE spots have been cleared.
In are Ouanna, Udomchoke and Dancevic.

[abossakon]

Yeah, it used to have a plum spot closer to the US Open, and a week after Cincinnati, which is 90 minutes away. I remember seeing Agassi defaulted for slamming a ball out of the arena (deliberations on whether he would be defaulted took about an hour), and during a Sampras match, a kid jumped from the stands onto the court and tried to grab the Mercedes logo off the net (he yanked and yanked, never got it). Saw Guga and Safin go 7-6 in the third in 2000, which prompted me to pick Safin to win the US Open that year and look like a genius. Too bad there wasn't a suicide pool back then.

Still, the Roddick-Black final, 7-6 in the third, from three years ago was a beauty. Simon-Querrey last year was great. You could stand right by the fence of Simon's practices five days before he beat Federer in Toronto. The tournament still has great matches.

One of my favorite matches that year. I'd love to see James...Black...play that well again!

[enactolaelant]

One of my favorite matches that year. I'd love to see James...Black...play that well again!

I never watched James' match against Federer in the Beijing Olympics. Was it a flashback to past seasons, or was Roger playing really badly?

[enactolaelant]

I never watched James' match against Federer in the Beijing Olympics. Was it a flashback to past seasons, or was Roger playing really badly?

OK, no need to answer this question I guess it was one of those recently usual 3-setters by Federer when the opponent goes on a warm streak.

[jq0AFTTC]

OK, no need to answer this question I guess it was one of those recently usual 3-setters by Federer when the opponent goes on a warm streak.

Some old news on Feds

[appleiphoneees]

Devin Britton just tweeted that he got a WC into the MD.

[wrenjmerg]

Yeah, it used to have a plum spot closer to the US Open, and a week after Cincinnati, which is 90 minutes away. I remember seeing Agassi defaulted for slamming a ball out of the arena (deliberations on whether he would be defaulted took about an hour), and during a Sampras match, a kid jumped from the stands onto the court and tried to grab the Mercedes logo off the net (he yanked and yanked, never got it). Saw Guga and Safin go 7-6 in the third in 2000, which prompted me to pick Safin to win the US Open that year and look like a genius. Too bad there wasn't a suicide pool back then.

Still, the Roddick-Black final, 7-6 in the third, from three years ago was a beauty. Simon-Querrey last year was great. You could stand right by the fence of Simon's practices five days before he beat Federer in Toronto. The tournament still has great matches.

One of my favorite matches that year. I'd love to see James...Black...play that well again!

Oops... honest mistake. Didn't proofread, either.

[wrenjmerg]

Devin Britton just tweeted that he got a WC into the MD.

And plays... local boy and newly minted ATP champ Rajeev Ram, who is defending first-round points after beating Santoro last year.

[tarmpriopay]

This is NOT faux news-Jeff Tarango is in the qualie draw for Indy!! He just tweeted this earlier this evening! He'll be playing WC- T Fogleman on Saturday!

[wrenjmerg]

This is NOT faux news-Jeff Tarango is in the qualie draw for Indy!! He just tweeted this earlier this evening! He'll be playing WC- T Fogleman on Saturday!

And if he makes it to the main draw and lands in the bottom half, he has a decent shot to go deep. See, American tennis is fine!

[tarmpriopay]

And if he makes it to the main draw and lands in the bottom half, he has a decent shot to go deep. See, American tennis is fine!

LOL!

Jeff's "tweet"

@JeffTarango roddick pulled out blake wanted too much so i entered indy http://www.atpworldtour.com... check it

[wrenjmerg]

LOL!

Jeff's "tweet"

@JeffTarango roddick pulled out blake wanted too much so i entered indy http://www.atpworldtour.com... check it

I write the player intros during the tournament... I might actually have to write one for Tarango! How in the heck...

[loginptsa]

Dear MeganFernandez: We regret to inform you that all of the cool people in the world will be at the Lexington, Kentucky ITF ATP/WTA tournament this week.

Signed, All of the Cool People in the World, starting of course with nelslus.

[tarmpriopay]

I write the player intros during the tournament... I might actually have to write one for Tarango! How in the heck...

Of course you folks must already know that Indy tried to get Blake to take Roddick's place, but Blake wanted Andy's appearance fee, so Indy said no and Blake said no... I'm sure there's a story on this..need to mpost a link

[AssinHT]

Main Draw:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/419/mds.pdf

[tarmpriopay]

Of course you folks must already know that Indy tried to get Blake to take Roddick's place, but Blake wanted Andy's appearance fee, so Indy said no and Blake said no... I'm sure there's a story on this..need to post a link

Link
http://www.indystar.com/article/2009...+championships

[AssinHT]

Of course you folks must already know that Indy tried to get Blake to take Roddick's place, but Blake wanted Andy's appearance fee, so Indy said no and Blake said no... I'm sure there's a story on this..need to mpost a link

Not surprised that James wanted Andy's fee but Indy said no due to James' performance in DC and year. Also, wonder if James was getting ready for the hardcourt season this week. Think the USO Series is going to be James' last hurrah as making an effort to get in the Top 10(or even staying in the Top 20)