THE BEST TENNIS IN BUENOS AIRES (By Hostel Buenos Aires)

From February 14th to 20th, the Buenos Aires ATP Tennis Tournament (Copa Claro 2011) will take place. In the most traditional tennis redoubt of our city, the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, some of the best tennis players in the world and all the great Argentine players will dazzle the spectators on the first tournament of the year on clay. Hostel Colonial tells you who will participate and where you can see them.

The ATP will have seven of the thirty best players of the world including a Top-10 as the Spanish David Ferrer (recent finalist in the Australian Open) and the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, besides local stars headed by David Nalbandian. Some other international players will participate a the Spanish Nicolás Almagro, Albert Montañés, Juan Carlos Ferrero (last winner of this tournament) and Tommy Robredo, along with the Italian Starace.

Among the Argentine players, besides David Nalbandian (last Argentine to win the tournament in 2008), there will be a mix of established players and new promises as: Juan Mónaco, Leonardo Mayer, Horacio Zeballos, Máximo González, Diego Junqueira, Federico Del Bonis, Juan Pablo Brzezicki, Sebastián Decoud, Facundo Bagnis, Andrés Molteni, Pablo Galdon and Martín Vassallo Argüello.

In the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Palermo neighborhood, you can enjoy all the games in three different courts (including the main court). As every year, the tournament will be disputed in day sessions (11.30AM on Mondays and Tuesdays and 1.45PM on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) and night sessions (Mondays to Fridays at 7.30PM). For the last Saturday, the singles semifinals will be played at 7Pm and 9PM. Sunday 20th will have the great single final at 5PM.