WTA News and Gossip 2021

[MargaretMcAleer]

This has just been updated Adelaide is to host final event of Australian Tennis Summer-WTA 500,Adelaide International 22-27 February.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Training partners Marta Kostyuk and Paula Badosa will be joined by Elena Rybakina and Bianca Andreescu for practice in the second week of quarantine in Australia.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I did post this in the Abu Dhabi blog,I will repost here in WTA News,

Amanda Anisimova had to withdrew from Abu Dhabi after testing positive for COVID-10,she confirmed it on a instagram post.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

On Saturday,Tennis South Australia confirmed GS champions,Serena Williams,Simona Halep,Naomi Osaka along with two additional unnamed players at present,will play in a exhibition dubbed A Day At The Drive,at Memorial Drive,Adelaide on January 29.
The players will arrive in Adelaide from January 14 and undertake mandatory quarantine for 14 days before their matches.
Two sessions will be held during the event with reduced spectator capacity in line with government restrictions.( The top 3 ATP rank men will also be playing in this exhibition).

 

[Carol]

 

[Hoergren]

All qualification matches (at least those where there is TV) you can watch here:

https://live-stream365.com/sport/tennis.php

and remember they first show the match when played.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

What a Wonderful Story!

20 year old Brit Francesca Jones,who has six finger's and seven toes due to a rare genetic condition was told by doctor's that she wouldn't be able to play tennis professionally.She has proven them wrong,after playing qualifier's she will join the world's best at the Australian Open.

 

[Horsa]

What a Wonderful Story!

20 year old Brit Francesca Jones,who has six finger's and seven toes due to a rare genetic condition was told by doctor's that she wouldn't be able to play tennis professionally.She has proven them wrong,after playing qualifier's she will join the world's best at the Australian Open.

That's a brilliant story.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

That's a brilliant story.

Yes it is,it brought a tear to my eye when I read it.

 

[Horsa]

Yes it is,it brought a tear to my eye when I read it.

It was a tear-jerker for me too.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Madison Keys has tested positive to COVID-19 and will not be able to play at the AO this year,she is self-isolating at home and hopes to be back on the tour as soon as possible.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Despite being handed a provisional doping ban a week ago,it has been reported that Dayana Yastremska was on a flight to Australia and remains on the AO entry list.The ITF says nothing has changed.She is still provisionally suspended with the right to apply for it to be lifted.In the event that she does so and that application is successful,then she would be eligible to play with immediate effect.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Magda Linette has withdrawn from the AO she requires knee surgery.

 

[Hoergren]

This is cute

 

[Hoergren]

Lot of players isolated in Australia for 14days without possibillity for training - what a slam it will be



and another



UNTIL NOW 47 players in isolation

 

[Hoergren]

A little ray of sunlight in the middle of all the mess


An answer to a person who argues for why AO can't do as well as FO and USO

Covid deaths France 69,900; USA 393,000; Australia less than 1,000. I think we can organise both a tournament and sensible public policy Josef. People are understandably apprehensive about the UK variant especially given it is now in many regions but not here

 

[Hoergren]

METRO writes about the names
https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/16/47-p...913970/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.twitter

Putintseva in isolation

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ I have already posted this information on the ATP News.
The Victorian Government has set this protocol and Tennis Australia had to agree,or there would not have been a AO 2021.
Melbourne had a 'second wave of COVID-19 and went into total lockdown for months with a curfew,they are taking this stance so it does not happen again.Our numbers have been low compared to other nations in the world,because I believe we have put in protocols to try to handle this pandemic,other countries have had no protocols at all,I am in the medical profession by the way.
To say 'what a slam it will be' is quite unwarranted by the way,that players have to go into quarantine for 2 weeks without practice because people on their flight have tested positive to COVID-19,that is the decision put forward by the Victorian Government,people arriving in their country Have To Abide By Their Rules First and Foremost.,especially in a pandemic.
There are 2 WTA lead up tournaments before the AO,so at least those players will be able to get some match play before the AO starts on 8th of February.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bianca Andreescu's coach,Sylvain Bruneau has tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Melbourne,on a Abu Dhabi flight,which means those on the plane will have to do a hard quarantine for two weeks.( Andreescu,Kuznetsova,Ons Jabuer,Bencic and Sakkari were some of the players on that flight).

 

[Hoergren]

^ I have already posted this information on the ATP News.

Well lucky you - I never read the ATP columns - only threads concerning the WTA tour.