Besides Soderling and Murray, former winners Michael Llodra, the winner of 2008, and Mikhail Youzhny, the winner of 2007, are also present in Rotterdam. "What I always really try to do is to get the winner of the year before. I want the title defender to come, because it's always nice to see someone defend his title. It gives something extra. When other former winners come back it means that they like the tournament and it fits well in their schedule. That's nice to know."

"The preparations for next year basically start right after the tournament, when I begin looking at the possibilities," the 39- year-old Dutchman adds. "But it really starts at the French Open. At that time I really have my first conversations and I hope to start getting the first commitments from players by Wimbledon and at the latest at the US Open. Sometimes you have to wait longer, as was the case with Djokovic and Murray. I did not get their commitments until November. Sometimes it does take a while, but in general around September you get the confirmation and I've been working for that two months prior. Some people like a contract on paper but normally it's confirmed per email. We talk on the phone, see each other at the US Open, talk about which week, what they want in return for the commitment, and then you put it in writing. This is our commitment to the player and in exchange we get a commitment that they are going to play, maybe some media things etc. And than you agree on email, in general we do it like that."

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