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2009 Chennai Open
DateJanuary 5 – January 10
Edition14th
2008 Champions
Singles
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Doubles
Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana / Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
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Singles 2008 Chennai Open champion Mikhail Youzhny chose to compete in Doha

The 2009 Chennai Open is a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 14th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It will take place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, from January 5 through January 10, 2009.

The singles line up is led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 5, Tennis Masters Cup runner-up, Miami Masters, Pörtschach and Warsaw champion Nikolay Davydenko, Rome Masters finalist and Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist Stanislas Wawrinka, and Costa do Sauípe and Bucharest runner-up, 2004 and 2005 Chennai champion Carlos Moya.[1]

Review

Day One

Marin Cilic, Simon Greul and Bjorn Phau were the early winners in the singles event. The no. 3 seed Cilic overcame Alberto Martin from Spain 6–4, 6–4. The German player Greul had a comfortable 6–3, 6–4 victory over Daniel Gimeno-Traver while compatriot Phau beat Santiago Ventura 6–2, 7–5.[2]Greul will now play another German, the no. 5 seed Rainer Schuettler, who took three sets to emerge victorious against home-favourite Prakash Amritraj 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.[3] In the other completed matches, seeded player Marcel Granollers (8) reached the second round without too much difficulty, beating Hyung Taik-Lee of South Korea 6–4, 7–5. The only non-Indian wildcard Lukas Dlouhy recorded a 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 win against Go Soeda from Japan and Israel's top player Dudi Sela overcame Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–1.

The men's doubles also started on the first day. [4] The only seeds in action, American Scott Lipsky and David Martin of Sweden progressed to the second round with a 7–6(9), 6–3 victory over home player Rohan Bopanna and Italian Flavio Cipolla. American duo Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram advanced 6–1, 6–2 against home wildcards Yuki Bhambri and Harsh Mankad. Oliver Marach of Austria and Serbian Janko Tipsarevic beat Spaniards Carlos Moya and Pablo Andujar 3–6, 6–3, [10-4] (champions tiebreak) to set up a match with Lipsky and Martin in round two.

  • Seeded players out (singles): None
  • Seeded players out (doubles): None

Day Two

In the remaining first round matches, world #5 and top seed, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, eased to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Austrian Daniel Koellerer in his first match.[5] He was joined by #4 seed Ivo Karlovic of Croatia (defeated American Rajeev Ram 6–0, 6–3), #6 Carlos Moya of Spain (triumphed against Danai Udomchoke 6–3, 7–6(4)), and #7 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, comfortably advancing with a 6–2, 6–3 victory over Spaniard Pablo Andujar.#2 seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland wasn't as fortunate, falling to Italian qualifer Flavio Cipolla 6–4, 6–1. The winners were also joined by Uzbek Denis Istomin who will play Cilic following a 6–4, 7–6 triumph against home player Rohan Bopanna; German Andreas Beck who will play Marcel Granollers after thrashing Roko Karanusic 6–0, 6–1 and Czech Ivo Minar, who beat Wayne Odesnik of America 6–0, 6–3 and preceded to face Karlovic in round two.[6]

On the doubles side, #3 seeds Rogier Wassen & Lovro Zovko won their first match, beating Alberto Martin & Dudi Sela 6–3, 6–1. They will next face Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. In an all-Spanish match between Daniel Gimeno Traver / Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo and Marcel Granollers/Santiago Ventura Bertomeu, the latter pair comfortably won 6–4, 6–2.

  • Seeded players out (singles): [2] Stanislas Wawrinka
  • Seeded players out (doubles): None

Day Three

Because of rain, no matches were played.[7][8] However, Lukas Dlouhy advanced when top seed Nikolay Davydenko was forced to withdraw because of a heel inflammation, which will also keep him out of the Australian Open.[9]

  • Seeded players out (singles): [1] Nikolay Davydenko (withdrew)
  • Seeded players out (doubles): None

Day Four

[10][11]

  • Seeded players out (singles): [6] Carlos Moya
  • Seeded players out (doubles): [3] Rogier Wassen /Lovro Zovko

Day Five

  • Seeded players out (singles): [4] Ivo Karlovic, [7] Janko Tipsarevic
  • Seeded players out (doubles): [1] Mahesh Bhupathi /Mark Knowles

Day Six

  • Seeded players out (singles): [8] Marcel Granollers, [5] Rainer Schuettler (withdrew)
  • Seeded players out (doubles): [4] Scott Lipsky /David Martin

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2009 Chennai Open - Singles

Croatia Marin Cilic vs. India Somdev Devvarman

Doubles

Main article: 2009 Chennai Open - Doubles

Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer / Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka vs. United States Eric Butorac / United States Rajeev Ram

References

  1. ^ "Chennai Open 2009 Players". chennaiopen.org. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  2. ^ "Cilic makes smooth progress". atpworldtour.com. 2009-01-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Cilic, Schuettler advance in Chennai Open". CBS Sports. 2009-01-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Nadal-Lopez reach quarterfinals". atpworldtour.com. 2009-01-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Davydenko through in Chennai". Sky Sports. 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Davydenko starts well in Chennai". =atpworldtour.com. 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ^ "Injured Davydenko to miss Australian Open". Washington Post. 2009-01-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Rain washes out day three in Chennai". atpworldtour.com. 2009-01-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "Davydenko out of Australian Open". BBC Sport. 2009-01-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Wild card upsets former Chennai champion". atpworldtour.com. 2009-01-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Devvarman stuns 6th-seeded Moya at Chennai Open". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2009-01-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)



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