Shenzhen Open Tennis 2014: Daily Scores, Results and Draw Schedule

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Published: September 23, 2014

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The Asia swing is one of the most fascinating facets of the tennis calendar, and this year we’ve got a brand spanking new tournament to savour as the inaugural Shenzhen Open gets underway.

The competition will be hosted at the state-of-the-art Shenzhen Longgang Sports Centre, and the event has attracted some of the biggest names in the men’s game, most notably David Ferrer and Andy Murray.

Ferrer will be the top seed for this tournament, and after sampling just one win in 2014 on the clay in Buenos Aires, the Spaniard will be desperate to make an impact on the hard courts in China this week. In addition, the race to the ATP Tour Finals in London is drawing to a close, and the world No. 5 can virtually cement his place at the London showpiece with a strong display here.

Joining him in the race to secure one of those coveted eight spots is Murray, who’ll be desperate to get to London and make an impression in front of his home crowd.

If he doesn’t qualify it’ll mean a two-year hiatus from the Tour Finals for the two-time slam winner, and he’ll be desperate to put some gloss on what has been an otherwise frustrating campaign; one where his best performance was reaching the semi-final at Roland Garros. 

Murray was awarded a wild card in order to play in this tournament and it’ll start a three-week spell in which he’ll visit not only Shenzhen, but Beijing and Shanghai too. Upon being awarded a wild card for the first-ever running of this competition, the Scot spoke of his excitement, per atpworldtour.com:

I am looking forward to competing at the Shenzhen Open, a new event on the ATP World Tour, and starting my first match of the Asian swing in China.  

I’m looking forward to a busy month in Asia and playing in front of the passionate fans out here.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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