The 2011 edition of the Open de Nice Cote d’Azur runs from Saturday 14th to 21st May in Nice Lawn Tennis Club and promises to be as exciting and successful as last year’s event. The qualifiers start on Saturday the 14th and the first round proper starts on Sunday 15th May, with some of the big names in tennis in attendance, hoping to get some good match practice on clay in advance of the year’s second Grand Slam event, the French Open at Roland Garros.
Some of the stars confirmed for the event include David Ferrer (world number 6), Tomas Berdych (world number 7), Andy Roddick, a crowd-pleaser on any surface and Nicolas Almagro. Richard Gasquet will not be back to defend his title, so there will be a new name on the trophy this year for this ATP 250 event.
