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Guccione gets final wildcard

Guccione gets final wildcard

Thursday 8 January 2009 10 Comments »

2008 men’s singles finalist Chris Guccione has been awarded the third and final men’s main draw wildcard for the Medibank International Sydney, which gets underway this Sunday at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.

Guccione, currently ranked just outside the world’s top 100 at 101, set the Medibank International Sydney crowds alight last January with his dominating play and impressive wins against a number of highly regarded opponents.

The left handed Victorian defeated Lleyton Hewitt (no. 6 seed), Tomas Berdych (no. 4) and Radek Stepanek in succession before falling to Russian Dmitry Tursunov in a closely fought men’s final, 6-7(3) 6-7(4).

In recent years the tournament has been a happy hunting ground for the lanky lefthander having scored wins over the likes of Rafael Nadal and Juan Carlos Ferrero on the Ken Rosewall Arena.

Guccione is the last player to receive a men’s singles main draw wildcard, after Hewitt and Novak Djokovic for the January 11 to 17 event.

“I am looking forward to returning to the Medibank International Sydney,” said Guccione.

“Making the final in Sydney was one of the highlights of my year, it’s a great place to play tennis.”

“Chris displayed some outstanding tennis last year and had the spectators cheering for him all week long,” said Tournament Director Craig Watson.

“We are looking forward to having him back this year and hope that the Medibank International Sydney will again kick start his year on the ATP World Tour.”

Guccione joins a number of outstanding names in the men’s draw of the event, including top ten players – Djokovic, Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as well as David Nalbandian, Lleyton Hewitt and defending champion Dmitry Tursunov.

Tickets are available through Ticketek via phone – 1300 888 104 and web – www.ticketek.com.au.

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  • igor (true serb)

    lol djokovic gonna crack chris. i got his signature last year at medibank

  • flyingoliver

    When can we get the Q Draw?

  • Lachlan

    Woow he is ranked outside the 100 and he gets the wildcard

  • igor (true serb)

    chris has a real good serve so watch out all the other players beside djokovic who is gonna win

  • CROATIA

    Any Croats going???
    for Mario

  • Brenton

    Ummm, why does a No. 3 in the world need a wildcard?

    I’ve got a sneaky suspiscion an Aussie would appreciate it??

  • Dirk

    i pick tsonga for win, he is hot right now

  • hrvat

    haha guccione before tomic,very funny story.they should to give WC for bernard.but never mind he will be in top 5 one day,probably no.1

  • Elizabeth

    I’m pleased that Chris received a wildcard, he certainly is worthy of it. :-)

  • igor (true serb)

    tomic is never gonna be number 1 he might be in the top 10 but never number 1 cos djokovic is gonna be number 1

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