Indianapolis Tennis Update

Greetings from Indianapolis! This week Indianapolis hosted the ATP Indy 250 event with no title sponsor. The field of participatants were depleted this year almost appearing at moments as a challenger level event. There was nobody in the top 20. The departure of Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick as a late withdrawal leaving fans sad and enthusiasts questioning whether he was genuinely injured, just resting from his epic Wimbledon match or would he be embarrassed as the only top 20 player in the tournament. Tursonov ( who was just inside the top 30), the top seed, was eliminated early on.

A few small highlights was Sam Querrey's victory over hometown favorite Rajeev Ram. Querrey was the only player accompanied by his own cheering section who dresses like ninjas and holler like frat boys the whole match. Robby Ginepri is returning to form and to the semi-finals in Indianpolis today.

There were rumors floating around the tournament that this might be it's last year. With the inability to attract top players, find a title sponsor, and lack of fan support, it appeared to being losing it's gusto.

With previous champions and contenders such as Pete Sampras, John McEnroe and Boris Becker it appeared to be missing that "it" factor that tournaments greatly desire and need in order to sell tickets.

Despite the half naked men following Querrey around claiming to be high school friends he appears to be the favorite to take the 2009 title.

Saturday's Semi-Final Matchups

Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs. Sam Querrey (USA) followed by Roby Ginepri (USA) vs. John Isner (USA)