Chennai Open

It's the time of the year again. In Chennai the focus shifts from cricket to tennis. Its time for the Chennai open . The World tennis super stars come to Chennai to battle it out in the hard court. The Chennai open is also known as the gold flake tournament is all set to begin amidst tight security in the awake of the Mumbai attacks. The Chennai open has the like of Davydenko and carlos moya playing in it and of course India's own tennis super star paes will play in it. The Chennai open boasts a prize money of $450000 . Moya was the most successful player at the event winning back to back titles in 2004 and 2005 and reaching the final again in 2006. The Indian bhupathi and paes won the doubles titles four times in between the year 1997 and 2002 . The Chennai open is played on outdoor hard court. It currently part of the Atp world tour. It is held annually in Jan. The players are all set to battle it out in the court and all of them are looking to have a good start to the new year . Chennai is all set to host this exciting tournament . It will be a great contest and a feast for the people of Chennai.