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As the end of the year gets closer, there are many things to look back to,
starting with my favorite in the tour level - all of the following from different sites i like:
- The success of the ATP World Tour Finals has been well documented: already recognised as the best- attended indoor tennis event in history, the ATP has confirmed that the event, which was screened in 180 countries, had the most ever traffic for an ATP tournament.
- Players that retire: Amèlie Mauresmo , two time Grand Slam champion, former ATP #1 Marat Safin (RUS), Fabrice Santoro (FRA), Frederic Niemeyer (CAN) and 35 year old Spanish former doubles #1 Virginia Ruano Pascual - doubles only.
- players coming back: Carlos Moyá, with a protected ranking of #50, Martina Hingis, and the all time favorite Justine Henin who said her main reason to come back was her desire to conquer Wimbledon :)
- The best excuse - if you need one- to just take it easy on new year's eve: Five of the world’s top ten players; Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, Robin Soderling and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, plus 20th-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka will begin their 2010 season at the Abu Dhabi Capitala World Tennis Championship exhibition - 31st December.
Now we know that Abu Dhabi aint cheap when it comes to player incentives or having a world class venue!
- Someone asked me how much money Söderling has made playing tennis.. the answer is 7.5 million. American dollars...just under 2009. 2010 should be as generous, specially since he is gonna start at Abu Dhabi!