2010 Madrid Masters Live Online
The 2010 Madrid Masters is knocking at the door. It is the 5th Masters Series 1000 event of the year. Roger Federer is the defending champion. The tournament starts Monday, May 10th, with the big Final scheduled to be played on Sunday, May 16th.
The Madrid Masters is the 3rd and last clay court Master Series of the year. The previous two events where hosted by Monte Carlo and Rome. Rafael Nadal clinched the title in both events and aims to complete the hat-trick on home soil, in Madrid.
The 2009 edition was the first one played on outside clay courts, as the tournament was moved for the month of May and hosted by the brand new Park Manzanares complex. The change brought a new record. Read more
2010 Indian Wells Tennis Masters Live Online
The 2010 Indian Wells tennis event has just started. The WTA event is currently underway, while the ATP encounters have 2 more days until the debut.
The Indian Wells is as usual a Masters Series 1000 event in the ATP race and a Premier Mandatory event of the WTA tour. The Winners of this tournament will collect 1000 ATP/WTA points, this is half of the amount earned for winning a Grand Slam event.
This year’s defending title holders are Rafael Nadal for the Men’s tournament and Vera Zvonareva in the Women’s competition.
The Indian Wells WTA event has quite a big list with important names that retired from this year’s Indian Wells competition: Read more
2010 WTA Monterrey Open
The WTA tour schedules the 2010 edition of the Monterrey Open in this Week 9 of competitions. The tournament starts on March 1 and ends on March 7. The playing surface is built by outdoor hard courts.
Jelena Jankovic is the top seed of this year’s Monterrey Open edition. Other important players listed on the main table are Daniela Hantuchová, Dominika Cibulková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Serena Williams continues to lead the WTA Rankings during Week 9. She is followed by Russian force, Dinara Safina, while Caroline Wozniacki completes the podium. Read more
2010 ATP Dubai Tennis Championship
The ATP Dubai is a common event in the professional tennis calender. The tournament is hosted by the United Arab Emirates. It is played on outdoor hard courts and features 32 players on the main draw.
In 2010 the ATP Dubai is scheduled during the 8th Week of the season. It starts on February 22 and ends Sunday, February 21.
This year’s defending trophy holder is Serbian, Novak Djokovic. Djokovic will try to defend his 500 ATP points to maintain a solid 2nd spot in the ATP rankings, obtained right at the end of the 2010 Australian Open.
Roger Federer and other important stars like Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick have pulled out of this year’s ATP Dubai Championship. The first two quit because of injuries while Roddick joined a long series of protests against the organizers, because of the Shahar Pe’er scandal. Read more