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2009 McDonald's Burnie International
The 2009 McDonald's Burnie International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. For the first time the tournament also hosted Women's Singles and Women's Doubles events as part of the 2009 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Burnie, Australia, between 2 and 8 February 2009. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 19 January 2009 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Brendan McKenzie * John Millman * Matt Reid * Bernard Tomic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Kaden Hensel * Adam Hubble * Sadik Kadir * Dane Propoggia Champions Men's singles Brydan Klein def. Grega Žemlja, 6–3, 6–3 Men's doubles Miles Armstrong / Sadik Kadir def. Peter Luczak / Robert Smeets, 6–3, 3–6, 0–7 Women's singles Abigail Spears def. Lu Jingjing, 6–4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnie
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s. , Burnie had an urban population of 19,550. Burnie is governed by the City of Burnie local government area. Economy The key industries are heavy manufacturing, forestry and farming. The Burnie port along with the forestry industry provides the main source of revenue for the city. Burnie was the main port for the west coast mines after the opening of the Emu Bay Railway in 1897. Most industry in Burnie was based around the railway and the port that served it. After the handover of the Surrey Hills and Hampshire Hills lots, the agriculture industry was largely replaced by forestry. The influence of forestry had a major role on Burnie's development in the 1900s with the founding of the pulp and paper mill by Associated Pulp and Paper Mills in 1938 and the woodchip t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |