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US Open announces prizemoney and suffers another withdrawal
The organisers of the US Open are adamant that the American leg of the grand slams will go ahead as planned at Queen’s in New York from August 31, despite the rise of coronavirus infections in the country and the possibility of more absenting themselves.
Nadal withdraws from US Open as Madrid Masters is cancelled
The news everyone was expecting was confirmed when Rafa Nadal announced he would not be competing at this years’ US Open and if that wasn’t bad enough at a time when the sport attempts to rebuild itself, the organisers of the Madrid Masters announced it was...
Martic advances, Vondrousova falls in Palermo
Amid slip-ups over coronavirus protocols, the two top seeds at the WTA Palermo Ladies Open met with mixed fortunes on Tuesday, as top seed Petra Martic advanced in straight sets but 2nd-seeded Marketa Vondrousova fell at the hands of a qualifier.
Vekić strikes first ball back in Palermo
Donna Vekić goes down in history as the first player to win a tour-level match in the post-shutdown era when, 5 months after the last WTA tournament took place, the Palermo Open re-started the WTA Tour on Monday on the Italian island of Sicily, while the pandemic that...
It’s a welcome return with an uncertain future
While the return of professional tennis is more than welcome, it is a cautious one bearing in mind that the Washington event on the ATP Tour was cancelled a few weeks back and there is still uncertainty regarding the US Open.