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06-29-2009, 11:40 AM | #1 |
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LONDON -- The Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur has been added to the men's tennis calendar in September, the ATP Tour said on Friday.
Prime minister Najib Razak officially launched the event, which will start on Sept. 28 and be played at the 16,000-capacity Putra Stadium. The Malaysian Open joins the Thailand Open, China Open, Japan Open and Shanghai Masters as Asian events on the ATP Tour schedule. "There is great demand for cities to host ATP World Tour events and in particular within the Asian region," said Brad Drewett, CEO of ATP International. "Kuala Lumpur presented a very strong application to become part of the ATP World Tour." http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/ten...ory?id=4288763 |
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06-29-2009, 11:45 AM | #2 |
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Is this really new news? I find it hard to believe that the tour would add a new event to the schedule just three months before it's scheduled. Haven't players sort of made their playing plans by now?
It's a 250 level event, in the first week of the Asian swing. The Thailand Open (also a 250) is also played that week. The next week there are two 500 events, the China Open and Japan Open (although the China Open has 2 1/2 times the prize money), and the next week is the Shanghai Masters 1000. Then the tour returns to Europe (Stockholm and Moscow the next week). |
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