The Arthur Ashe Stadium will be the site of two tournaments this year: Western & Southern Open and the 2020 US Open. Qualifying rounds for the W&S Open will be held on August 19th-20th and the main tournament will start on August 21st, 2020. The US Open main draw play will commence on August 31st…
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Will it take place or not? If yes, how surmountable are the problems facing the organization and players? How realistic are their plans? The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to continue well into this year and a few years to come. Still, no one is sure how things will settle when all is…
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We are family and as humans, WE HAVE THE SAME BASIC NEEDS (fact). DEFINITION of HUMAN: ANY individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species SAPIENS (wise). Let’s be wise and step back from our emotions (mindful pause) and understand that fulfillment of basic needs is the right of everyone. Learn how…
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MOTW: Irina-Camelia Begu The mover of the week honors goes to Irina-Camelia Begu. The twenty-nine-year-old Romanian won the Indian Wells Oracle Challenger Series 125K tournament over the weekend. Begu was once ranked as high as number twenty-two back in 2016 and as has happened so often with athletes, injury negatively impacted her game. The path…
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Open 6ème Sens-Métropole de Lyon, France [73] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) vs. [136] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) There are late bloomers in every sport, and now many older tennis players are finally showcasing their talent. Friedsam’s story was derailed by injury though; ranked as high as forty-five in 2016, Friedsam’s ranking dropped out of the top hundred…
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Abierto GNP Seguros, Monterrey [37] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. [126] Leylah Annie Fernandez (CAN) Former US Open champion (2017) and Roland Garros finalist (2018), American Sloane Stephens has been struggling since late September 2018 to find the form that saw her get to two major finals. We have seen this drop off in quality of…
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