Recent Stories of Interest from “Around the Pro Tennis Globe” (December 29)

• Former World No. 2 Tommy Haas and 2008 Roland Garros semifinalist Gael Monfils have received wild card entries into the Doha, Qatar tournament.
  
  
• Britain’s Times Online reports that World No. 4 Andy Murray could be promised $100 million (Euro) by management companies that are vying to sign him.
  
  
• Bob and Mike Bryan have pulled out of the doubles event at the ATP tournament in Chennai, India, which is scheduled to start on January 5th.
  
  
• The ATP event held in Portschach, Austria will be moved to another location next year. Officials will announce the new site sometime in January.
  
  
• Well-respected tennis coach Peter Lundgren, a former coach to Roger Federer, Marat Safin and Marcos Baghdatis, will begin working at a tennis academy in Paris starting in January.
  
  
• 25-year-old Prakash Amritraj, a US citizen based out of California, could be barred from representing India in Davis Cup play due to a newly released government order that says only Indian citizens can play on national teams that represent the country. This would keep Amritraj from playing Davis Cup in 2009, as well future Olympic and Asian Games competitions.