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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Open Sud de France, Montpellier [58] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. [132] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) He was supposed to be the next great tennis star of France; the tennis player the French believed would carry the mantle and burden of the French people’s hopes for another French Roland Garros champion. The pressure has been tremendous for…
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This is the third consecutive year that [5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) has made it to a major final. In 2018 and 2019, he made it to the final of the French Open. Hard court has traditionally not been his favorite surface; however, like Rafael Nadal, he is learning to navigate it with success. Of his…
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[32] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) is a talented player, who has struggled to handle the fame that comes with winning big. Ranked number one in 2017, Muguruza has seen her ranking slowly creep down to the mid-thirties. While the decline was due in part to injuries, Muguruza’s internal struggles also contributed to the fall in her…
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Ons Jabeur is a twenty-five-year old talented Tunisian female tennis player. She is currently ranked seventy-eighth. The highest she has ever ranked was fifty-one last year. I have watched her for years and wondered, why such a talented player was not ranked higher. I have also wondered why she has not won any titles on…
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