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TENNIS ’21: COVID questions secret; Nadal, Djokovic eye records
When the 2020 males’s tennis season ended at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal caught a typical belief that still applies as the 2021 tennis season is set to start today.
“The world is suffering a lot, so we are very lucky that we can play tennis,” Nadal stated in London in November. “That’s the real feeling that I have.”
After an off-and-on, pandemic-altered year for the sport, coronavirus questions and an ever-evolving calendar still will be crucial parts of the discussion as things start with main-draw action Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open, where Sofia Kenin leads the field, and Thursday at the ATP’s Delray Beach Open, where in 2015’s champ, Reilly Opelka, withdrew, pointing out a hurt knee.
Opelka signed up with a number of gamers – a group that consists of Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic – in taking out of the hard-court competition held last February and pressed to early January this time as part of a shuffling on both expert trips.
The scheduling modifications consist of the start of the year’s very first significant champion, the Australian Open, postponed 3 weeks to Feb. 8, and the joint occasion dipped into Indian Wells, California – canceled in 2015 since of the COVID-19 break out – quiting its typical March dates without a brand-new area for it on the schedule currently.
There are some considerable turning points in the offing for stars such as Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams in 2021.
Nadal can break a tie with Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam songs titles for a male after matching him with No. 20 at the French Open in October; by March, Djokovic can go beyond Federer’s record for the majority of weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings; Williams is one Slam songs prize far from No. 24, which would equate to Margaret Court for the most in the sport’s history.
Other tennis stories in 2021:
FEDERER’S RETURN
More than 12 months will have passed in between matches for the 39-year-old Federer by the time he returns from 2 operations on his ideal knee. Federer’s representative informed The Associated Press he is going for late February after missing out on the Australian Open for the very first time because his main-draw launching in 2000.
THE SLAMS
There were just 3 Slams in 2020, since the All England Club canceled Wimbledon for the very first time because The second world war. Currently, Wimbledon is arranged for its typical put on the calendar, starting June 28. The French Open’s start got moved from Might to September in 2015 and the variety of fans was badly limited; currently, it is slotted for Might 23. For the Australian Open, there are sticking around questions about flights, hotels and quarantine prepare for gamers and their workers. “I’m not that excited, to be honest. Like, I don’t want to stay in my room for 19 hours,” the 39th-ranked Opelka stated. “You know, I get it; we have to do it. But I’m not one bit excited.”
TOKYO OLYMPICS
The 2020 Olympics, as they’ll still be called, are arranged to begin in July, and 2 tennis gamers representing Japan might be breakout stars: AP Female Professional Athlete of the Year Naomi Osaka and Nishikori. “The Olympics are a special time when the world comes together to celebrate sports. I am looking forward most to being with the athletes that had waited and trained for over 10 years, for celebrating a very hard year (2020), and having that happen in Japan makes it that much more special,” Osaka composed in an e-mail interview. “It’s a special and beautiful country filled with culture, history and beauty. I cannot be more excited.”
CONGESTED COMPETITORS
Need to be remarkable to enjoy the girls who just recently won Grand Slam titles contend for more. That consists of No. 1 Ash Barty, who is 24; No. 3 Osaka, 23; No. 4 Kenin, 21; No. 7 Bianca Andreescu, 20; No. 17 Iga Swiatek, 19.
WHO’S GOT NEXT?
There seem more genuine prospects for novice significant champs in males’s tennis than there have actually remained in years. With Dominic Thiem signing up with the club in 2015 at the no-spectator U.S. Open, who will join him? Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev all appear capable.
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When the 2020 males’s tennis season ended at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal caught a typical belief that still applies as the 2021 tennis season is set to start today.
“The world is suffering a lot, so we are very lucky that we can play tennis,” Nadal stated in London in November. “That’s the real feeling that I have.”
After an off-and-on, pandemic-altered year for the sport, coronavirus questions and an ever-evolving calendar still will be crucial parts of the discussion as things start with main-draw action Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open, where Sofia Kenin leads the field, and Thursday at the ATP’s Delray Beach Open, where in 2015’s champ, Reilly Opelka, withdrew, pointing out a hurt knee.
Opelka signed up with a number of gamers – a group that consists of Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic – in taking out of the hard-court competition held last February and pressed to early January this time as part of a shuffling on both expert trips.
The scheduling modifications consist of the start of the year’s very first significant champion, the Australian Open, postponed 3 weeks to Feb. 8, and the joint occasion dipped into Indian Wells, California – canceled in 2015 since of the COVID-19 break out – quiting its typical March dates without a brand-new area for it on the schedule currently.
There are some considerable turning points in the offing for stars such as Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams in 2021.
Nadal can break a tie with Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam songs titles for a male after matching him with No. 20 at the French Open in October; by March, Djokovic can go beyond Federer’s record for the majority of weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings; Williams is one Slam songs prize far from No. 24, which would equate to Margaret Court for the most in the sport’s history.
Other tennis stories in 2021:
FEDERER’S RETURN
More than 12 months will have passed in between matches for the 39-year-old Federer by the time he returns from 2 operations on his ideal knee. Federer’s representative informed The Associated Press he is going for late February after missing out on the Australian Open for the very first time because his main-draw launching in 2000.
THE SLAMS
There were just 3 Slams in 2020, since the All England Club canceled Wimbledon for the very first time because The second world war. Currently, Wimbledon is arranged for its typical put on the calendar, starting June 28. The French Open’s start got moved from Might to September in 2015 and the variety of fans was badly limited; currently, it is slotted for Might 23. For the Australian Open, there are sticking around questions about flights, hotels and quarantine prepare for gamers and their workers. “I’m not that excited, to be honest. Like, I don’t want to stay in my room for 19 hours,” the 39th-ranked Opelka stated. “You know, I get it; we have to do it. But I’m not one bit excited.”
TOKYO OLYMPICS
The 2020 Olympics, as they’ll still be called, are arranged to begin in July, and 2 tennis gamers representing Japan might be breakout stars: AP Female Professional Athlete of the Year Naomi Osaka and Nishikori. “The Olympics are a special time when the world comes together to celebrate sports. I am looking forward most to being with the athletes that had waited and trained for over 10 years, for celebrating a very hard year (2020), and having that happen in Japan makes it that much more special,” Osaka composed in an e-mail interview. “It’s a special and beautiful country filled with culture, history and beauty. I cannot be more excited.”
CONGESTED COMPETITORS
Need to be remarkable to enjoy the girls who just recently won Grand Slam titles contend for more. That consists of No. 1 Ash Barty, who is 24; No. 3 Osaka, 23; No. 4 Kenin, 21; No. 7 Bianca Andreescu, 20; No. 17 Iga Swiatek, 19.
WHO’S GOT NEXT?
There seem more genuine prospects for novice significant champs in males’s tennis than there have actually remained in years. With Dominic Thiem signing up with the club in 2015 at the no-spectator U.S. Open, who will join him? Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev all appear capable.
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Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HowardFendrich
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/apf-Tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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