The men swing into action today at the 2010 Paribas BNP Open. All the biggest stars will be there, vying for their share of the more than $3.6 million purse. Indian Wells drew more than 330,000 last year and indications are that this year the turnstiles will keep moving. Why not? This is the crème de la crème of men’s tennis in a great venue with good weather.
After this week’s opening round play in the Davis Cup, 96 of the world’s premier singles players and 32 stellar doubles teams will head to the desert, where only the strong survive. An impressive field, only equaled by Grand Slam events, is expected for the year’s first of nine World Tour ATP tournaments.
Nothing came easily for top seed Novak Djokovic this week in Dubai. After losing the first set in three successive matches leading to the finals, the Serb seemed headed to a straight set championship victory on Saturday.
Second seed Novak Djokovic will try to defend his title and 7th seed Mikhail Youzhny will try to become the first Russian to win the $2 million Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship in today’s final. Djokovic had all he could handle against tireless Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, while Youzhny continues as the event’s hottest player against [...]
