Davis Cup Stars headline the field for the $10,000 Tennis Saskatchewan
Provincial Open and 5.0 & below

Regina (SK) – Canadian Davis Cup squad member Michal Ciszek ranked #564 on the ATP TOUR of Montreal and Tunisian Davis Cup player Oualid Jellali ranked #790 ATP TOUR headline the field at the upcoming $10,000 Saskatchewan Provincial Indoor Open at the Lakewood Indoor Tennis Centre in Saskatoon from March 17 – 20, 2005.

Michal Ciszek returns to defend the title he won previously in 2004. Michal recently was named to the 2005 Canadian Davis Cup squad has also been a regular hitting partner of Jennifer Capriati is also the #4 ranked player in Canada. Recently Michal reached the quarter-finals of a futures event in Cuba. Oualid Jellali of Tunisia now a tennis professional at ACE TENNIS Academy in Burlington in addition to competing on the ATP TOUR makes his first appearance in Saskatoon. Oualid reached the quarterfinals of a futures event in Tunisia in late 2004.

Other featured players on the men’s draw include: #18 player in Canada Alessandro Gravina of Toronto, #19 Adam Baranowski of Toronto, #3 U18 in Canada Graeme Kassautzki of Vancouver, Ricky Tywnam of Montreal QC # 34 in Canada, and Dietmar Rautenbach of Calgary ranked #38 in Canada.

On the girls side, 2004 finalist Natalia Cretu of Vancouver ranked #28 in Canada and now retired WTA TOUR player Lan Yao of China ranked #1024 WTA TOUR headline the field on the women’s side. Joining them will be many top ranked Canadian juniors from Alberta, BC, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Play starts March 17th at the Lakewood Indoor Tennis Centre in Saskatoon, SK. For more information please call Lakewood Tennis Centre (306) 955 2226 or check out the Lakewood Indoor Tennis Centre websites: http://www.lakewoodtennis.com or Tennis Saskatchewan http://www.tennisask.com

By: Danny Da Costa ~ Technical Director Tennis Saskatchewan techdirector@sasktel.net