The tennis elite return to Zagreb

Between January 31st and February 8th, the Dom Sportova Sports Hall will be the venue for the jubilee, 10th Zagreb Indoors. The first seed of the tournament will be the best Croatian tennis player and current Grand Slam champion, Marin Čilić.

The best Croatian tennis player, Marin Čilić, will be the first seed at the jubilee 10th PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament, scheduled to be held between January 31st and February 8th at the Dom Sportova Sports Hall. This time, Marin Čilić will appear in Zagreb as the defending Grand Slam champion, ranked 9th on the ATP list, competing for his fifth title at this tournament.

At last year’s PBZ Zagreb Indoors the best Croatian tennis player started the best season of his career and crowned it with a triumphant victory at the US Open in New York. Apart from Marin Čilić, other Croatian players competing for the title are Ivo Karlović, Ivan Dodig, the winner of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors 2011, as well as the young and prospective young player Borna Čorić.

Among the foreign players who will once again compete in Zagreb is Mikhail Youzhny from Russia, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, one of the tournament winners, Andreas Seppi from Italy, and Austrian Jürgen Melzer. The tournament will also feature Serbian player Viktor Trioicki, Blaž Kavčić from Slovenia, and the best tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina - Damir Džumhur.

The PBZ Zagreb Indoors has been taking place annually since 2006, as the first European tournament of the ATP calendar year. The tournament also features numerous concurrent events such as the attractive Ladies’ Day, Players’ Party, Champions’ Day and the Kids’ Day.

More information and a schedule of the matches can be found online at www.zagrebindoors.com.