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Tomas is due to return to action in Valencia Open 500 after a two-week rest absence.

Designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava, the building will become a big multi-functional space internationally shown worldwide for a week.

Around the Ágora, there will be a Commercial Boulevard, a VIP Village, spectators’ restaurant area, training courts, a players’ area and an organisers’ area.

Therefore, different events will run in parallel to the tennis competition. And sports, music and fashion will play an important role in this competition

This year’s Valencia Open 500 will be played for the first time at newfacilities of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, one of the mostunique places in Valencia. The latest addition to the venue, the Ágorabuilding, will host the Centre Court for the tournament. Valencia isone of 11 ATP World Tour 500 level tournaments.

Tournament Name: Valencia Open 500
Location: Valencia, Spain
Dates: 2 - 8 November 2009
Prize Money: Euros 2,019,000
32 DRAW

SITE: Ciudad de La Artes y de La Ciencia
Edificio Agora
Autopista Del Saler s/n
46013 Valencia
SURFACE: Greenset
BALL: Head ATP
PRIZE MONEY: EURO/All Prize Money will be paid by the ATP

WEB SITE: http://www.valenciaopen500

Main draw: Saturday, October 31, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, October 31, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 500
F: 300
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +20
Q8: 10
Q16: 0

Entry deadline: September 21, 2009
Seeding: October 26, 2009

1 Murray, Andy GBR 3
OUT 2 Roddick, Andy USA 6
3 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 7
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 8
5 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 9
6 Simon, Gilles FRA 10
OUT 7 Soderling, Robin SWE 11
8 Monfils, Gael FRA 13
9 Berdych, Tomas CZE 16
10 Robredo, Tommy ESP 18
11 Ferrer, David ESP 19
12 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 21
13 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 27
14 Hanescu, Victor ROU 28
15 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 30
16 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 34
17 Monaco, Juan ARG 37
18 Andreev, Igor RUS 43
19 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 45
OUT 21 Acasuso, Jose ARG 50
22 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 51
23 Montanes, Albert ESP 53
24 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 54
25 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 55
26 (Q) Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP

27 (Q) Martin, Alberto ESP

28 (Q) Rochus, Christophe BEL

29 (Q) Falla, Alejandro COL

30(WC) Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP

31 (WC) Hernandez, Oscar ESP

32 (WC) Granollers, Marcel ESP

 

 

 

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Berdych to play in Valencia, Spain. It's an indoor hard court ATP World Tour 500 tournament

a quick surface (on-wood acrylic)