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Tournament Name: MEDIBANK INTERNATIONAL
Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Dates: 11–16 JANUARY 2010 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: USD $484,750
28 DRAW (Q32)

SITE: Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre Rod Laver Drive, Sydney Olympic Park NSW Australia 2127
SURFACE: Plexicushion
BALLS: Wilson Australian Open
WEB SITE: Medibank International Sydney Tennis Tournament - Australian Open Series

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 8, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 9, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 9, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
QR4: +12
QR8: 6

Seeding: January 4, 2010

1 Monfils, Gael FRA 13
2 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20
3 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 21
4 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 22
5 Querrey, Sam USA 25
6 Troicki, Viktor SRB 29
7 Andreev, Igor RUS 35
8 Starace, Potito ITA 63
9 Becker, Benjamin GER 40
10 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 42
11 Sela, Dudi ISR 43
12 Benneteau, Julien FRA 46
13 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 47
14 Seppi, Andreas ITA 49
15 Cuevas, Pablo URU 50
16 Acasuso, Jose ARG 51
17 Gasquet, Richard FRA 52
18 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 53
19 Fish, Mardy USA 55
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

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RESULTS:

SATURDAY, 16 JANUARY, 2010

Singles - Final
M Baghdatis (CYP) d R Gasquet (FRA) 64 76(2)

Doubles - Final
[1] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d R Hutchins (GBR) / J Kerr (AUS) 63 76(5)

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Baghdatis: “It's confidence building. I felt pretty good on court. I have some things to work on still. I have tomorrow and Monday to work on my serve, [my] first serve percentage. It's the only thing that worries me a bit. But if I stay focused and find the way to win the first two, three matches, then I could be very dangerous and confident.

“I have great support here. People are very friendly and very nice. I like the cities here, Brisbane, Sydney [and] Melbourne. Every time I come I'm happy and playing great tennis. It's just great.

“It's my brother's birthday, and I wanted to win for him also. It's been two years tough for him. So I'm very happy that I won today and can dedicate this win to him.”
On donating $5,000 to the World Vision Australia Haiti Earthquake Appeal: “The situation in Haiti is really, really sad. I have seen the pictures on the news and it is just horrific. I want to send my condolences to everyone affected by the earthquake."

Gasquet: “I'm disappointed, because it's always difficult to lose a final. The first set he played better than me from the baseline. I was a little bit too far from the baseline. After, in the second set, I was leading 5-2. [At] 5-3 I served a bad game, and I had a big trouble in the tie-break. I lost a lot of free points, so that made the difference. He played better than me. Even if I was really close in the second, I couldn't win it.
“For sure I feel confident for Australian Open, even if I have tough draw. But I'm ready.”