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12-11-2020, 03:48 PM
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#3022
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12-12-2020, 10:18 AM
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#3023
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12-13-2020, 11:01 AM
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#3024
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However, with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, tennis authorities have decided on an alternate course of action that will enable these professional athletes to continue with their lives playing sport.
As per the tentative plan, the qualified players will travel on charter flights from Dubai to Melbourne to serve the mandated quarantine period ahead of the season-opening Grand Slam. People in the know, however, insisted that the actual picture will be clearer within the next couple of days and following a virtual joint meeting of tennis officials that has been scheduled later on Sunday.
The tennis plan of action at the moment is to have the WTA 500 tournament in the first week of the season at the International Tennis Complex of Zayed Sports City from January 5 to 13 followed by the Australian Open qualifiers at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium from January 9 to 13.
The WTA has attempted a rebrand of itself with women’s professional top-level events now getting renamed as the WTA Masters, WTA 500 and WTA 250 in close consonance with the naming structure of the ATP Masters 1000, ATP 500 and ATP 250.
As per the testing schedule agreed upon for the Australian Open qualifiers, there will be at least 48 matches held per day on 10 courts of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Al Garhoud and by the end of the week, the men’s and women’s categories will see a total of 32 players advancing for the main competition in Melbourne.
https://gulfnews.com/sport/uae-sport...ing-1.75873316
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12-13-2020, 06:47 PM
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#3025
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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
well done, though I feel as if he's probably already had that title for the past decade already. it would be like if they finally decided to declare Roger the greatest Swiss athlete of all time, just now.
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Will the last 70 years do, Jack?
https://twitter.com/user/status/1338240907200565248
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12-14-2020, 12:15 AM
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#3026
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#1 Goaltender
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Hah, why 70 specifically? Who was the Swiss uberathlete that dominated the world back in the 1940s?
Sadly Fed says he may not be ready still even with the delayed AO start. This is looking more and more like the end after all
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12-14-2020, 07:50 AM
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#3027
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
Hah, why 70 specifically? Who was the Swiss uberathlete that dominated the world back in the 1940s?
Sadly Fed says he may not be ready still even with the delayed AO start. This is looking more and more like the end after all
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It was Armin Scheurer in 1950.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Scheurer
Federer has only won Swiss Athlete of the Year 7 times.
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12-14-2020, 11:37 AM
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12-15-2020, 12:57 PM
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12-16-2020, 02:34 PM
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#3030
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Milos and Leylah are your Canadian male and female tennis players of the year respectively I have to think it was a toss-up between Milos and Vasek on the men's side.
Edit: Actually, it was close between Milos and Denis (who took home the doubles award along with Gaby on the women's side). Vasek won most improved player.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1339249436803870720
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12-16-2020, 02:35 PM
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#3031
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Last edited by dash_pinched; 12-16-2020 at 02:38 PM.
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12-16-2020, 08:31 PM
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#3032
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12-17-2020, 06:38 AM
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#3033
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ATP Cup is 5 days that probably means not alot of teams will be participating, interesting.
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12-17-2020, 10:09 AM
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#3034
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
ATP Cup is 5 days that probably means not alot of teams will be participating, interesting.
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Yeah, the first edition had 24 teams (countries), it certainly could be a situation where the field is reduced to 16 (or there's going to be a ton of tennis played over a very condensed period of time). Team depth will be critical which bodes well for Canada.
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12-17-2020, 12:38 PM
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#3035
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Novak can be such a polarizing person, reckless with the Adria Tour, but then he does things like this...
https://twitter.com/user/status/1339627870260477960
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12-17-2020, 12:44 PM
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#3036
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That's a tremendous donation from Novak, well done! More of that in 2021 please
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12-21-2020, 11:03 AM
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#3037
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12-21-2020, 11:05 AM
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12-21-2020, 02:41 PM
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#3040
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#1 Goaltender
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trading awards is something I think Fed and Djoker would actually agree on
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