BB&T Atlanta Open is Underway

Through July 29 at Atlantic Station in Atlanta.

BB&T Atlanta Open Singles Entry List

The BB&T Atlanta Open will be held July 25-August 2, 2015 in Atlanta at Atlantic Station.  It kicks off the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series.

Here is the singles entry list that was released this week.

1 Anderson, Kevin RSA 17
2 Isner, John USA 18
3 Fish, Mardy USA @25
4 Sock, Jack USA 30
5 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 32
6 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB @39
7 Becker, Benjamin GER 43
8 Muller, Gilles LUX 48
9 Pospisil, Vasek CAN 52
10 Johnson, Steve USA 53
11 Young, Donald USA 56
12 Stepanek, Radek CZE 57
13 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 61
14 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 63
15 Groth, Sam AUS 68
16 Smyczek, Tim USA 72
17 Chung, Hyeon KOR 76
18 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 79
19 Jaziri, Malek TUN 82
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Eubanks, Christopher USA
27 (WC) Tiafoe, Frances USA
28 (WC)

BB&T Atlanta Open Doubles Entry List Released

One question... where's the Wimbledon champs? 

1 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Lipsky, Scott (USA) 83
2 Ebden, Matthew (AUS)/Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE) 120
3 Johnson, Steve (USA)/Querrey, Sam (USA) 132
4 Guccione, Chris (AUS)/Smith, John-Patrick (AUS) 137
5 Skupski, Ken (GBR)/Skupski, Neal (GBR) 137
6 Klahn, Bradley (USA)/Venus, Michael (NZL) 144
7 Sharan, Divij (IND)/Young, Donald (USA) 151
8 Dodig, Ivan (CRO)/Pavic, Ante (CRO) 155
9 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 194
10 Gonzalez, Alejandro (COL)/Spir, Juan-Carlos (COL) 195
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Becker, Benjamin (GER)/Moser, Frank (GER) 197
2 Ratiwatana, Sanchai (THA)/Ratiwatana, Sonchat (THA) 215
3 Demoliner, Marcelo (BRA)/Raja, Purav (IND) 221
4 Cerretani, James (USA)/Shamasdin, Adil (CAN) 239
5 Betov, Sergey (BLR)/Bury, Alexander (BLR) 246
6 Ghedin, Riccardo (ITA)/Grassi, Claudio (ITA) 246
7 Kerr, Jordan (AUS)/Martin, Fabrice (FRA) 332
8 Lee, Hsin-Han (TPE)/Mirzadeh, Vahid (USA) 354
9 Cluskey, James (IRL)/Walsh, Darren (GBR) 482

Indian Tennis in Transistion

Good piece here on Indian tennis as they prepare for their Davis Cup tie with new Zealand.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Indian-tennis-undergoing-a-phase-of-transition/articleshow/16388099.cms

ATP Tour Match of the Week: Almagro vs. Hanescu

The last ATP match before the French Open begins.

It's on clay, in Nice, so that favors the Spaniard, Almagro.  Hanescu has done well to get to the finals here.  His run will come to an end as Almagro owns Hanescu in three career meetings.

Both players are looking for momentum heading into Roland Garros, and Almagro should be able to pick up another clay court title.  He's kind of a reincarnation of Albert Costa.  Costa would travel the world looking for clay court events, even though he was competent on hard courts.

Prediction:  Almagro in two sets.