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The ATP World Tour heads to Tokyo, Japan this week for a tournament called the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships and it happens October 4^th through the 10^th, This tournament is a hard court and the prize purse is $1,100,000. It will be followed by the Shanghai Rolex Masters, which starts on the same day that the ATP Tokyo ends. Get your membership to watch tennis streams live from your computer. You'll get instant access to our member's area and high quality video of tennis tournaments all year round.

 

 

The singles draw for this tournament is 32 and the doubles draw is 16 for the main draw. The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is actually the oldest tournament on the ATP calendar that is held in Asia, having started in 1973. It is a combined Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and ATP World Tour event and is will be held at the Ariake Colesseum, which has forty eight courts and a stadium with a retractable roof. The top seed for this tournament is Rafael Nadal, who has had a great season so far with three majors won.

 

 

Andy Roddick is the second seed, still hoping to qualify for Barclays. He was a 2008 semi-finalist in 2008 and he'll be looking for a few points. Juan Martin del Potro is the third seed, and he was also in the 2008 edition, ending up in the final losing to Tomas Berdych. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is back after his injury to take the fourth seed spot. The other seeds include Jurgen Melzer, Gael Monfils, Feliciano Lopez and Juan Monaco. Get your membership now to watch tennis streams online right from your computer. Click on the links to get started.

 

Posted: 8th October 2009

 

Starting on October 5^th the men of the Association of Tennis Professionals will play in Tokyo, Japan for the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. This tournament has a total prize purse of $1,226,500 and the draws will be thirty two singles and sixteen doubles. This ATP 250 Tournament features some of the names in brand new tennis talent that are hoping for a spot in the ATP 500 or Master's Events next year, earning enough points to come out on top. If you want to watch the men of the ATP compete at Tokyo, then get your membership at the banners on this page right now.

 

 

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is actually the ATP Tournament that has been running the longest in all of Asia, with its inception in 1973. This will be both an ATP 250 event, and will feature women from the Sony Ericcson WTA Tour, played at Ariake Colesseum, a huge tennis center with 48 courts and a stadium that was one of the first to implement the retractable roof. The WTA event is titled the Toray Pan Pacific Open, and it is a Premier $2,000,000 outdoor hardcourt tournament that features a singles draw of 56 and a doubles draw of 16.

 

 

As for the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, this tournament will feature world number five Juan Martin del Potro as its top seed along with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, Gael Monfils, Radek Stepanek and defending champion Tomas Berdych who will face some stiff competition if he wants to defend his title. Also among your top players are Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Haas. Get your membership now to see this tournament live and in high quality streaming video. Don't miss the 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship starting on October 5^th.

 

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