Australian Open: Start date not confirmed despite reports
December 03, 2020 12:42 ISTPlayers will have to quarantine for two weeks from Jan. 15, but the Victorian Government has reportedly agreed to special conditions for players.
Players will have to quarantine for two weeks from Jan. 15, but the Victorian Government has reportedly agreed to special conditions for players.
Djokovic along with Spain's Rafael Nadal will finish the year as the top two players in the rankings for the third consecutive year and the fifth time overall when the next update is made
Novak Djokovic is set to equal Pete Sampras' record with a sixth year-end No. 1 finish when the year-end rankings are officially released on December 7.
Sania Mira became a mother in October 2018 and 15 months later, she made a return to tennis circuit, winning the doubles title at the WTA Hobart International 2020 with her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok.
Australian Open tournament director and Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley last weekend said the final dates should be confirmed within two weeks.
No. 4 Daniil Medvedev became the first player to defeat each of the men ranked 1-3 in the season-ending championship.
Prajnesh did not have the required power in his strokes to hurt the American, losing 3-6 4-6 in the USD 52,080 hard court tournament.
As a part of the ITTF #RESTART series, the 2020 ITTF Finals is underway from Thursday to Sunday at the Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center in central China's Henan province.
Thiem ended Djokovic’s bid for a record-tying sixth ATP Finals trophy, while Medvedev prevented Nadal from continuing to pursue the most significant title the 20-time major champ hasn’t won.
Chief executive Craig Tiley was responding on Sunday to unsourced reports the season-opening grand slam event might be pushed back until February, March or even later.
Thiem could have closed things more than an hour earlier, but he frittered away four match points in the second-set tiebreaker, including one by double-faulting.
Medvedev became the first Russian to compete in the ATP Finals in consecutive years since 2009 title-winner Nikolay Davydenko (2005-09).
Top-ranked Djokovic set up a match against Dominic Thiem on Saturday as he goes for a record-tying sixth title.
The fourth-seeded Indian won 6-0, 6-3 against the sixth seeded Kazkakh Dmitry Popko in the quarterfinals of the USD 52,080 hard court tournament.
It is the sixth time in 10 appearances that Nadal has reached the last four of the season-ending tournament, which is the biggest title he has yet to win in his illustrious career.
The planned 21-day camp was scheduled to begin for the men's players from November 30 and was to be followed by a women's camp from January 4.
Medvedev secured a spot in the semifinals of the season-ending tournament by dominating five-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3.
Alexander Zverev kept his tournament hopes alive with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Diego Schwartzman on Wednesday at the season-ending ATP Finals.
Thiem now leads the Group London 2020 2-0.
Andrews' government was in the forefront of a second wave of COVID-19 deaths in his state which saw lengthy lockdowns for Melbourne residents.
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