Went down to the Delray Open Sponsored by The Venetian at
The Delray Tennis Center in Delray
Beach , FL. The
Tournament is a week long Runs from February 13-18th which is a Sunday. Prize
money of $500,000. Singles winner Marin Cilic Beat Kevin Anderson last year. The
winner of the tourney earned approximately $85,000 and runner up $44,500.00 for
singles. On the Doubles side the winners earned will be approximately
28,000.00. This is a combined event of The ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR which consists of
past tennis greats (This event has already been played and the results are Team
USA
3 | Team INT’L 6), and An ATP WORLD TOUR EVENT which consists of present tennis
greats.
The ATP WORLD TOUR EVENT consists of many in the top 20 in
the world and is being played presently. KEVIN ANDERSON (RSA) is the No. 1
seed. He is ranked 15 in the world and is from South Africa . Ought to be fun to
see who comes out on top in Singles. Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei 7-6 (6), 6-3 beat
him last night and marks the first time since 2006 that the top 2 seeds are out
of the running. There are many Americans' vying in this tourney and encourage
any local readers to attend. http://www.yellowtennisball.com/ will give you the
schedule, price of tickets and field playing this week. Very Exciting....
The Bryan Brothers (USA) defeated the duo of Dustin
Brown (Dusty (Ger)) and Adrian Mannarino (Fr) in straight sets 6-3, 7-5
in their first round match Wednesday.
Was there yesterday and the challengers looked good. The
Bryan Brothers who have won over 11 million in their career had to struggle in
Center Stadium in Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, FL to win even though they beat them in straight sets. Bob Bryan hit an amazing trick shot at the net. A half volley behind the back that was slammed at him near the net. Here is the link: http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2015/02/7/Delray-Beach-Wednesday-Bryans-Hot-Shot.aspx#ooid=BzYXRnczqFX6mlBPDaEtB3B9ze2S3kKF . One of the most amazing shots of the year. Watch this! They are favored in Doubles but will have a tough time with the ever tough team
of Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Leander Paes (IND ).
But as I wrote earlier in this article it is anyone's tournament.
Thanks for reading! Coach Sherwin Anderson
tennis4utoo@gmail.com