Roddick, Davydenko Headline Atlanta, Hamburg this Week on ATP
Atlanta Tennis Championships
Atlanta, Ga., USA
Surface: hard
Seeds: Andy Roddick, John Isner, Lleyton Hewitt, Horacio Zeballos, Janko Tipsarevic, Mardy Fish, Xavier Malisse, Benjamin Becker
Floaters: Taylor Dent, James Blake, Robby Ginepri, Kevin Anderson, “Iron” Mike Russell
Notes: Pro tennis returns to Atlanta; wildcards went to (1) Roddick, Brit James Ward and American tragedy Donald Young; openers of interest include Blake vs. Dent, (5) Tipsarevic vs. Kevin “Mr.” Anderson, and (8) Becker vs. Iron Mike; seeds Malisse and Becker get left off the ATP tournament web page’s featured players, ouch; Friday, Saturday and Sunday coverage live on ESPN2 and Tennis Channel.
International German Open Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Surface: red clay
Seeds: Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer, Jurgen Melzer, Gael Monfils, Nicolas Almagro, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Thomaz Bellucci, Albert Montanes, Gilles Simon, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Tommy Robredo, Victor Hanescu, Philipp Petzschner, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Michael Berrer
Floaters: Jarkko Nieminen, Paul-Henri Mathieu
Notes: Davydenko beat Mathieu in the final last year; Bellucci is appearing at the event for the first time; returning champs in the field are Davydenko (2009) and Robredo (2006).
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