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Bangalore Open cancelled

Tuesday 26 August 2008 10:08, UK

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Next month's Bangalore Open has been cancelled due to security concerns.

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Security concerns prompt ATP's decision

The Bangalore Open has been cancelled due to security concerns, the ATP have confirmed. The week-long tournament had been scheduled to start on September 29 at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association's courts. "The ATP board can confirm that it has, regrettably, accepted a petition from the Bangalore Open to suspend the 2008 event due to the local promoter's security concerns," said the ATP's vice-president of media and marketing operations Nicola Arzani. The tournament was held in Mumbai for the last two years, but was moved to Bangalore earlier this summer. But a series of bomb blasts in the city last month, which left one person dead, forced the cancellation.

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