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Four international tennis stars to visit Vietnam VietNamNet Bridge – Tsonga, France's current number-one male tennis player, ranked 19th on the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) ranking list, will participate in the 2nd Heineken Stars Tennis Tournament in HCM City on September 19-20.
The event, held at the Military Zone 7 Sports House, will attract four tennis stars: Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic, 22nd), Robin Soderling (Sweden, 34th) and Mardy Fish (USA, 35th).
These four famous tennis players will play in two semi-final matches, slated for 4pm, September 19, and the final match at 7.30pm, September 20.
The Champion of Heineken Stars 2008 will receive $40,000 while the second-place player will receive $20,000 and the two losers in the semi-finals will get $10,000.
This is the second time HCM City will welcome tennis stars. In 2006, Heineken Stars also gathered four famous players, Carlos Moya, Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schuettler and Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Before each match, these tennis stars will meet with the audience.
Tsonga - Kiefer - Berdych - Soderling
September 18, 2008 - Four international tennis players arrived in Ho Chi Minh City Thursday for the Heineken Stars 2008 Competition, set to take place today and tomorrow at the Seventh Military Zone court.
 The tournament will be held on September 19-20
Frenchman Jo-Wilfired Tsonga and Swede Robin Soderling and their coaches were the first to land at HCMC's Tan Son Nhat Airport at 2:50 p.m. Nicolas Kiefer from Germany and Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic arrived on two later flights. Hundred of tennis fans in HCMC were at the airport to welcome the big stars. The four players will have play-off matches, with Berdych facing Soderling and Tsonga encountering Kiefer. The two winners will compete for the championship. Kiefer was chosen at the last minute to replace Mardy Fish of the US who had to play for the national team in the Davis Cup in place of the injured Bob Bryan. These four famous tennis players will play in two semi-final matches, slated to begin at 4pm, September 19, and a final match at 7.30pm, September 20. The Champion of Heineken Stars 2008 will receive $40,000 while the second-place player will receive $20,000 and the two losers in the semi-finals $10,000.
Before each match, these tennis stars will meet fans.
Robin Soderling def. Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 6-4
Tomas in action at the Heineken Stars tennis tournament
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France and Robin Soderling from Sweden Friday advanced to today's finals of the Heineken Stars tennis tournament in Ho Chi Minh City. Tsonga, ranked 20th in the world, defeated German Nicolas Kiefer and Soderling beat Czech Tomas Berdych in the semifinal round Friday. In the first semi, competition favorite and 2008 Australian Open runner-up Tsonga outplayed the 24th-ranked Kiefer 6-4, 6-4. The two players displayed world class technical skills in their second meeting of this year. Tsonga lost 3-6, 4-6 to Kiefer in the China Open ten months ago. In the second semifinal match, Soderling, ranked 27th in the world, grabbed a 6-4, 7-6 victory over 34th-ranked Berdych. At 5 p.m. today, Berdych and Kiefer will meet fans and sign autographs at HCMC's Seventh Military Zone Stadium. Later, the two players will take on players from the Vietnamese national team and HCMC's District 1 team.
Australian Open runner-up Jo Wilfried Tsonga beat Robin Sederling of Sweden 2-1 (7-6,1-6,10-4) in the finals of the Heineken Stars exhibition tournament last Saturday. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France yesterday won the Heineken Stars 2008 tennis tournament final beating Swede Robin Soderling by two sets to one. The final was played at Ho Chi Minh City's Seventh Military Zone Stadium. The Frenchman, ranked 20th in ATP rankings clinched the tiebreaker in the first set, only to have the Swede roar back with a 6-1 win in the second. As per tournament rules, the winner had to be decided in a tiebreaker with the winner first to win 10 points. Tsonga prevailed 10-4 to take the cash prize of US$40,000. Soderling nabbed a $20,000 prize, while semi-final losers Tomas Berdych and Nicolas Kiefer took $10,000 each. Earlier, semifinalist losers 24th-ranked Nicolas Kiefer and 34th-ranked Tomas Berdych were busy meeting fans and signing autographs as well as taking on players from the Vietnamese national team and HCMC's District 1 team. This is the second time the Heineken Stars tennis tournament has been organized in Vietnam after the inaugural one in 2006.
Jo Wilfried Tsonga is the winner of the Heineken tournament SEE PHOTO
Paradorn Srichaphan and Tomas Berdych pose with official Pro
Tennis calender 2009
during an autograph session at Impact Arena
on September 24,
2008
(3)Tomas Berdych
(CZE) bye
Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs (7)Marat Safin
(RUS)
(8)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Donald Young
(USA)
MAIN
DRAW
CENTRE COURT
Matches Start At 12:00 noon [Q] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
(PAK) vs [6] Robin Soderling (SWE) Michael Berrer (GER) vs
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Simone Bolelli of Italy serves as
partner Tomas Berdych of the Czech Rebublic looks on
during the first round doubles
match against Jordan Kerr and Todd Perry of Australia
on day one of the Thailand Open at
Impact Arena on September 23, 2008 in Bangkok
(Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty
Images)
Czech Tomas Berdych and Simone Bolelli of Italy – a first-time pairing – cruised past Australians Jordan Kerr and Todd Perry 6-3, 6-3 in 64 minutes in the only match of the day at the Thailand Open in Bangkok on Tuesday. The winning pair hit eight aces and saved all six break points they faced.
Order of Play - Thursday 25 September 2008 CENTRE COURT Matches Start At 12:00
noon Teimuraz
Gabashvili (RUS)
vs [6] Robin Soderling (SWE)
Philipp
Petzschner (GER)
vs Misha Zverev (GER)
Third-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych served 10 aces and converted four of eight break points as he knocked out Italian Simone Bolelli 7-5, 6-1. The 23-year-old Berdych, who was a semifinalist (l. to Becker) in Bangkok on his debut last year, is through to his fourth quarterfinal (or better) this season. The 6'5'' right-hander reached his seventh ATP final in July at Bastad (l. to Robredo), and made a semifinal exit at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (l. to Nadal); he stands at 26-18 for the season.
CENTRE COURT Matches Start At 12:00 noon
Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs [4] Gael Monfils (FRA) COURT 1 Matches Start Not Before 3:00 PM
[3] Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs Fabrice
Santoro (FRA)/Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - After Suitable Rest
Berdych, who was ranked in the Top 10 for 11 weeks earlier this season but is currently No. 29 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, knocked out No. 74-ranked Nicolas Mahut of France 7-6(6), 6-3 in one hour and 44 minutes. Berdych, who converted two of 11 break point opportunities, struck 11 aces in comparison to 10 aces for Mahut – who won 18 of 68 points on return of serve. It was the pair's first meeting since the 2004 Australian Open. The 23-year-old Berdych improved to 27-18 on the season, highlighted by a run to his seventh ATP final (l. to Robredo) in July. He has a 3-4 record in ATP finals, with his last title coming at Halle (d. Baghdatis) last year. Mahut dropped to 15-23 in 2008.
Third seed Tomas Berdych set up a semifinal against Novak Djokovic. "I'm very happy with my game today," said Berdych. "I knew that he was playing very good tennis having some good wins this week. I'm looking forward to the semifinals; it's always nice to be able to play a match at that stage of a tournament."
US Open finalists Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the semi-finals of the Bangkok Open with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych and Simone Bolelli on Friday. The top seeds needed only 44 minutes to end the challenge of Berdych-Bolelli in the quarter-finals.
Order of Play - Saturday, September 27, 2008
CENTRE COURT Matches Start At
1:00 PM
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Novak Djokovic def. Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-1
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