Having had recently had their highest number of cases in a day since mid-April and a dramatic increase in positive cases of Covid-19 the Mutua Madrid Open has been cancelled. With just over five weeks to go until the Madrid Open was due to begin the decision has been made in interest of safety. On... Continue Reading →
Tennis returns but the calendar continues to shrink as the Madrid Open looks in serious doubt!
In Palermo over the weekend WTA tennis returned as the calendar resumed for the first time Indian Wells was cancelled back in March. Just half an hour before action kicked off in Palermo in Saturday's qualifying openers it was announced a un-named player had tested positive for Covid-19 but was asymptomatic and had been withdrawn... Continue Reading →
ATP Tour to resume on 14th of August
The ATP is to resume on the 14th of August in Washington. The announcement comes at the same time as the official confirmation from the USTA that the US Open will happen. An announcement from the WTA regarding their rescheduled calendar is expected very soon but some joint tournaments will outline some of the events.... Continue Reading →
The Overrule: No tennis and not for some time…
Right now we should have been talking about Indian Wells but unfortunately we are not set to have any tennis until the end of April due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak was declared a pandemic last week by the World Health Organisation and countries have continued to go into lock down and sadly things... Continue Reading →
Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish teenager with a mature game stars on ATP debut in Rio de Janeiro!
Carlos Alcaraz has really made an impression on the ATP tour this week in Rio. The 16 year old Spaniard sealed a first win on the tour on his debut at 3:00am in the morning down in Brazil and has created many records this last year. Last year at the age of 15 he defeated... Continue Reading →