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Monte Carlo Masters 2021 Draw
Monte Carlo Masters 2021 starts today! Will Rafa repeat his many successes in the kingdom or will we see a new winner? The clay-court season is in full swing and the first Masters of the year on the red dirt starts today. Let’s have a look at the Monte Carlo Masters 2021 draw. Keen to […]
The French Open Postponed
The French Open has been postponed one week according to a ATP/WTA statement today. It’s in context of heightened COVID-19 restrictions in France. Seeing the headline “The French Open postponed” takes you back to 2020 and the height of the pandemic. The tournament was then postponed to September and played under strange and cold conditions, […]
New ATP Calendar Updates – New Events
These are years of frequent ATP Calendar updates. ATP are doing what they can to create playing opportunities during a pandemic. This round of updates mentions two new ATP 250 events, granted as single-year licenses for the 2021 season. One in Singapore after the Australian Open and one in Marbella, Spain (my second home!) from […]
Australian Open quarantine just got worse
Staging a major in a country with a strict Covid policy was never going to be easy. But the Australian Open quarantine just got worse. How did the Australian Open quarantine just get worse? There have been reports of Covid-positive passengers on several of the chartered flights to Melbourne. The players who have been on […]
Australian Open 2021 Delayed Until February
The Australian Open features one of the most famous tennis sporting events and usually starts in January each year. Fans and famous tennis players normally flock to Melbourne park every year to spectate and play. Melbourne Park features numerous outdoor courts and stadiums close to the city centre. In addition, there are many attractions, such […]
And suddenly we’re in Rome…
The US Open has just ended and suddenly we’re in Rome for the Rome ATP Masters 1000. It’s great to have tennis back on, right? Rafael Nadal is back in action for the first time since the COVID break. It will be really interesting to see how he does in his first match in months. […]
Thiem Beats Nerves and Zverev for Grand Slam Title
I did not recognize Dominic Thiem last night. He was overcome by the moment and tied down by nerves. But in the end, he got through it to win his first grand slam title. I don’t think anyone could have predicted the first two sets of last night’s US Open 2020 Grand Slam final. Zverev […]
Four new ATP events
In a recent press release, the ATP has announced the addition of four new ATP events to the 2020 provisional schedule. The updated schedule included the back-to-back ATP 250 events in Cologne (Germany, Indoor Hard) that I wrote about in my previous Bett1HULKS post. And also two new ATP 250 events in Sardinia (Italy, Clay), […]
Bett1HULKS – New ATP Tournaments
Murray and Zverev are confirmed to join two ATP tournaments in October under the collective name of Bett1HULKS. My friends at e|motion group have not been laying low during COVID. After the Bett1Aces the group expands its tennis portfolio with two tournaments under the name of Bett1HULKS in the LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany. So […]
A Strange US Open Looms With Players Scrambling to Get Match Ready
In a couple of weeks, the WTA and ATP Tours will get back underway with top-level tennis events taking place across the United States. They are, for all intents and purposes, warm-up tournaments, though; a chance for players to get some much-needed match fitness ahead of the US Open at the end of August. Doubts […]