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Watch Thailand Open 2008, Bangkok (Sept 21 – 28, 2008)

Since 2003 Asian Tennis has seen another huge yearly event, after the 2008 China Open, here comes the Tennis Thailand Open 2008. Though not part of the WTA series, it has still managed to become an international tournament by becoming part of the ATP tour. This year, when there is a China Open going on already, 2008 Thailand Open has started in the 3rd week of September again, that is from 22nd September to 28th September. The event will be held in Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand and the prize money this year would be $550,000. Last year Men’s double was won by Sonchat Ratiwana and Sanchai Ratiwatana, whereas this year Men’s single title would be defended by last year’s champion Dmitry Turnsunov, winning his third ATP title.

Though this tournament does not look as spectacular as the China Open in Beijing but still Thailand have done their best to promote this event and inaugurate it at their best in the Impact Arena, Bangkok. Thailand Open kicked off in a splendid way at Muang Thong Thani’s Impact Arena’s court on a hard surface, with the first match between the Thai star Danai Udomchoke and French Nicolas Mahut. Danai, who has been in Thailand Open for the sixth time, has reached the second round for the last two years, whereas Mahut, who took part last year, reached the quarter finals and was beaten up by the Spanish Fernando Verdasco.

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Though the tournament has just started but the four star players, Novak Djokovic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Byrdich and Gael Monfills will lead to the first round automatically as they have received the first round byes already. Besides these star players, another maestro taking part in the tournament would be Russian Marat Safin.

Thailand Open is a huge event for tennis lovers; especially in Thailand and the ticket sales are blazing may it be the arena counters or online portals. The official hotel for the tournament has almost got all rooms booked for the duration of the event. Watch Tennis Thailand Open 2008 coverage at Channel 3 Thailand to be aired internationally or watch Thailand Open 2008 live webcast here. Most of the tennis lovers are wondering that whether Turnsunov would defend his title or it would be one of Tsonga, Djokovic or Safin to beat him this time.

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Watch 2008 China Open Tennis Streams Online Coverage

After the Beijing Olympics held this year with a splendid arrangement, another sporting event is coming up in the Chinese capital city of Beijing. The 2008 China Open, which was initially called the Beijing Salem Open, is the international tennis tournament held in China since its inception in 1993, the year when ATP introduced two other Asian Tennis Championships titled as the Qatar Open and the Dubai Tennis Championships. The tournament was held yearly until 1998, when it got removed from the tour calendar. It restarted in 2004 and the following year it was also included in the WTA tour.

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This year the tournament will be played on a “Hard” surface in Beijing and will be held from 22nd September to 28th September. The prize money for this tournament in ATP tier would be $500,000 and for WTA tier it would be $600,000. Fernando Gonzales would be the defending champion for the Men’s Singles whereas Rik De Vost and Ashley Fisher were the Men’s double champions last year. Agnes Szavay will be the defending champion for Women’s Singles, whereas Chuang Chia Jung and Hsieh Su wei would be the former champions for Women’s Doubles.

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ATP 2008 China Open will be welcoming a huge star cast of Women including the four famous players in Women’s Single, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankvoic, Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina. Among these, Ana Ivanovic would be the only one who will hit the ball for the first time on the Chinese surface. On the contrary Jelena Jankvoic would be quite a familiar face for Chinese audience, as she has been there in China Open in 2006 and 2007. The former champions of China Open in the Men’s league, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer and Fernando Gonzales will also be attending the tournament this year in Beijing.

The tournament has officially kicked off in the Beijing Tennis Center in the splendid way. Looks like Beijing knows how to start up sport events in a spectacular way no matter what game it is. Consecutively this is the fifth year when China open would be held in this arena. This year the tournament will be a star studded show in form of the 124 scheduled matches. May it be Men or Women, both sides will have best of the players competing for the titles. After the Beijing Olympics, this will be the next big show this year hosted by Beijing.

Watch The ATP 2008 China Open Live Online Coverage. – 2008 ATP China Open Results.