The 2014 ATP Tour season will begin with a bang. Entry lists are out for events in Doha, Brisbane, and Chennai and both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are set for immediate action.
Nadal headlines a strong Qatar ExxonMobil Open field that also features the return of Andy Murray, who missed the 2013 fall swing due to back surgery. David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, and fellow World Tour Finals participant Richard Gasquet are also scheduled to kick off their campaigns in Doha.
Federer is joined in the Brisbane International by Kei Nishikori, Gilles Simon, Kevin Anderson, and Grigor Dimitrov. This will be the 32-year-old Swiss’ first appearance in Brisbane, although he played in the 2000 installment of this event when it was held in Adelaide.
Stanislas Wawrinka and Benoit Paire, who teamed up to win the Chennai doubles title this year, are heading back to India. Mikhail Youzhny, Fabio Fognini, and Vasek Pospisil will also be seeded in the singles tournament. Youzhny captured the title in his last trip to Chennai back in 2007, when he destroyed Nadal 6-0, 6-1 in the final. Nadal had been coming off a 6-7(3), 7-6(8), 7-6(1) thriller against Carlos Moya that lasted three hours and 55 minutes.
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