The claycourt season has just concluded and the players are now gearing up for the third Grand Slam event of the year – Wimbledon, which takes place later this month.
Warm-up tournaments, such as this week’s ATP Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, are great venues for players to adjust with the faster grasscourts.
Here are the seeded players in this year’s ATP Gerry Weber Open:
[1]Roger Federer, [2]Novak Djokovic, [3]Fernando Verdasco, [4]Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, [5]Tomas Berdych, [6]Dmitry Tursunov, [7]Jurgen Melzer, [8]Rainer Schuettler
Click on this LINK to watch the matches live online and for free this week (June 8 – 14).
Five-time Halle champion Roger Federer, who just won the French Open 2009 on Sunday, announced on Tuesday that he won’t be taking part in these week’s tournament citing “exhaustion” after winning at Roland Garros.
Singles winner will get € 118,500.
