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Another ATP Challenger event will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from Wednesday, August 26^th to Sunday, August 30^th, on Outdoor Hard Courts. This comes after four tournaments on the Challenger Tour held on August 17^th, one in Trani, Italy, one in Genva, Switzerland, and two others one in San Sebastian Spain, and one in Karshi, Uzbekistan. After the Almaty tournament the Challenger Tour will move onto Manerbio, Italy for the Trofeo Dimmidisi, a 64,000 Euro event that takes place on outdoor clay, on August 24^th, with 32 singles and 16 doubles draws.

 

 

The Almaty Tournament last year was held on August 24^th, for a purse of $35,000. There were 32 singles, and 16 doubles draws. The singles champion was Sebastian Decoud, and the doubles team of Denys Molchanov and Alexandre Krasnoroutsky took home the title. This year, the tournament purse has advanced to $50,000 and is going to be on hard courts instead of clay.

 

A couple of people to watch is Eduardo Schwank from Argentina who got himself into the top fifty in February, is will be hoping to win the tournament in Manerbio, Italy where he is the fifth seed. If he does it will be his first title this season. Also, Australian Peter Luczak has had a great season, with 36-14 for matches the first few months of this year, and already has three titles. Both of these players have a good shot at the Almaty, Kazakhstan, tournament.

 

 

Roger Federer leads the ATP Leaderboard, with more than 12,000 points, with Andy Murray right behind him. Then, Rafael Nadal, and fourth place is Novak Djokovic. Rounding out the top five is American Andy Roddick who has just 5,720 points. If you want to catch this tournament, as well as the rest of the ATP Challenger Tournaments, then get your membership at the banners on this page. It all happens from August 26^th to August 30^th right here on www.watchlivetennis.org.

 

Tags: Challenger Tour, Almaty tournament, Sebastian Decoud, Denys Molchanov, Eduardo Schwank, Peter Luczak, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic