Status Athens Open 2009, Apr 6-12

[choupi]

Marcos will play the Athens Challenger next week, after playing in Miami.

Official site of the event: www.statusathensopen.gr/default.asp?pid=1&la=2

List of players:

Marcos Baghdatis 92
Ivo Minar 101
Denis Istomin 102
Jiri Vanek 113
Roko Karanusic 116
Victor Crivoi 121
Pablo Cuevas 130
Rui Macahdo 132
Ilia Bozoljac 133
Lukas Rosol 137
Simon Stadler 142
Pere Riba-Madrid 144
Daniel Brands 148
Josselin Ouanna 153
Alexandre Sidorenko 166
Adrain Cruciat 168
Ricardo Hocevar 172
Dominik Hrbaty 174
Daniel Munoz De La Nava 174
Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen 179
Yuri Schukin 180
Jesse Huta Galung 184
Alexandros Georgoudas WC

Let's hope for some good results there and also for a great time for Getta as she'll be attending the tournament

[choupi]

Sad news:

The organizers of Status Athens Open 2009 were informed by the ATP about the injury of Marcos Baghdatis and his subsequent withdrawal from the tournament just a few hours before the beginning of the professional men’s tournament $125.000 in Athens Lawn Tennis Club.

After the official briefing from the ATP, Marcos contacted personally the organisers expressing his sadness about his inability to compete in the tournament. He stated: “I can’t find the words to express how saddened I am for the injury that prevents me from coming to compete in Athens, in front of the Greek tennis lovers who have supported me wherever in the world I have been. Unfortunately in my last match against Frenchman Mathieu in Miami I injured my ankle. My willingness to perform in Athens was such that I made every effort with my doctors up until the last moment to overcome this injury so that I could come to Greece and compete in Status Athens Open. I am deeply frustrated that this could not be achieved and now I have to be out of action for at least two weeks. I wish that I have the opportunity in the future to compete in Greece in front of the warm Greek fans. I thank you all for your love and your support.”

This unfortunate development for Marcos and the Greek fans that have missed the opportunity to watch him play came just one day before the start of the qualifying matches of Status Athens Open 2009 which begin at 10.00 in the morning in Athens Lawn Tennis Club in Zappion. Five Greeks are among the players of the qualifying: Charis Kapogiannis, Dimitris Loucareas, Ilias Giannakakis, Nikos Rovas and Nikos Serkedakis, using Wild Cards issued by the organisers.

www.statusathensopen.gr/default.asp?pid=2&ncatID=2&newsID=61&la=2

[getta]

Apr 2, 2009 1:48:56 GMT -5 choupi said:

Let's hope for some good results there and also for a great time for Getta as she'll be attending the tournament

I might have missed the opportunity to see Marcos in the flesh, yet thoroughly enjoyed my experience there. ;D