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unusual facts about 2011 St. Petersburg Open


2011 St. Petersburg Open

It was the 17th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour.


2005 St. Petersburg Open

Also competing were Cincinnati Masters quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny, Moscow runner-up Nicolas Kiefer, Jarkko Nieminen, Greg Rusedski and Fernando Verdasco.

2008 Movistar Open

Other seeded players were 2007 St. Petersburg finalist Fernando Verdasco, Doha and Sydney quarterfinalist Agustín Calleri, Óscar Hernández, José Acasuso and Nicolás Massú.

2008 Qatar Open

The men's singles field was led by ATP No. 4, US Open semifinalist and Moscow champion Nikolay Davydenko, Metz titlist Tommy Robredo, and St. Petersburg winner and 2007 Doha runner-up Andy Murray.

2010 St. Petersburg Open

It was the 16th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour.

2011 New York Giants season

Some news organizations, among them The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, said that the Giants' victory in the Super Bowl made them NFL's version of the 2011 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, saying that these two championship teams that had been given the last rites by many near the end of the season, emerged as champions at the end.

The Giants seemingly are the NFL's version of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals: a rather ordinary team, prematurely counted out, only to launch an improbable and magical comeback to a world championship.

2012 St. Petersburg Open

It was the 17th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour.

2013 St. Petersburg Open

It is the 19th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2013 ATP World Tour.

Adam Wainwright

Three days later, the Cardinals announced that Wainwright would miss the entire 2011 season––and possibly the first three months of the next season––after finding ulnar collateral ligament damage necessitated Tommy John surgery (TJS).

Fred McLeod

McLeod won several more professional tournaments: the 1909 & 1920 North and South Open at Pinehurst, the 1912 Shawnee Open, the 1924 St. Petersburg Open and the 1927 Maryland Open.

May 26–31, 2013 tornado outbreak

The tornado continued damage as it moved just north of the St. Louis base of the Missouri Air National Guard at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport in Berkeley (which had previously taken a direct hit from an EF4 tornado on April 22, 2011).

Sports marketing

After the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in 2011, Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of Louisville Slugger bats and other baseball equipment, created a scavenger hunt through Twitter in order to raise awareness for their company.


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