Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Ferrero headlines Indy's international contingent

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero and Dmitry Tursunov are among four international players entering this year's Indianapolis Tennis Championship field.

Tursunov (tur-SIHN'-awf) won the tourney title in 2007 and was the runner-up last year. The 26-year-old Russian is ranked No. 27 in the world.

Ferrero reached the world's No. 1 ranking in 2003 when he won in Paris, reached the U.S. Open finals and the Australian Open quarterfinals. The Spaniard ended a 110-tournament title drought in April when he won at Casablanca.

Also in the field are Marcos Baghdatis (bag-DA'-tihs) of Cyprus and Arnaud Clement (ahr-NOH' kleh-MAWN') of France. They will join American Andy Roddick in the tourney.

The tournament runs July 18-26.

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