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8/9/09 6:46 PM | Johan Lindahl
While organisers of this week's Montreal Masters focus on good box office thanks to the entries of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the July Los Angeles event much lower down the ATP food chain is confronting a possible financial crisis.
"We're optimistic that things will change", said tournament director Bob Kramer, son of former tennis great Jack Kramer, who said that over the past two decades, the event with the Hollywood vibe had turned a profit.
The boss added that after failing to attract any of the elite for teh edition which ended just days ago - 23rd-ranked German Tommy Haas was the top seed - the event chose to spend appearance money on former starts including Stefan Edberg, Michael Chang and Jim Courier.
Kramer said his organisation could perhaps survive another down year or two before something would have to change with a tournament which began back in the 1920s as a way of attracting the 1932 Olympics to LA.
By contrast, Montreal cold not be more pleased to have all of the top players save recovering David Nalbandian in the field.
Tournament director Eugène Lapierre breathed a sigh of relief when new father Federer informed him he would arrive, with the Swiss taking his first hit on the courts on the same days as he flew the Atlantic.
Nadal remains a question mark after two and a half months out out nursing knee tendinitis.
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