Welcome to the NYC Bubble

WTA+ATP Western & Southern Open, New York

The guys start at last. We have the mixed event in the NYC bubble set up for the USO. Should have been in Cincinnati. But the shit happened. It is an ATP Masters 1000 and a WTA Premier 5 (for 900 points).

Arthur Ashe Stadium at night - UFO-ish, am I right?

Some big names didn't go to US both on the ATP side and the WTA. Understandable. This year will be weird to the end. Here are the draws (projected R16):

The men (top 8 seeds have byes)

1st Quarter:
Djokovic(1) v FAA(15)
The Shap(12) v Goffin(7)
Also here Basilashvili, Cilic, Struff, Coric.

2nd Quarter:
Medvedev(3) v Garin(13)
The Khach(11) v RBA(8)

Also here PCB, Gasquet and Fritz.

3rd Quarter:
Berrettini(6) v Schwartzman(9)
Isner(16) v The Tsi(4)
Anderson, Ruud, Millman, Mannarino also in this section.

4th Quarter:
Zverev(5) v Rublev(10)
Dimitrov(14) v Thiem(2)
And we get also The Tiaf v Murray, Querrey v Raonic as R1 matches.

DRAW
DOUBLES DRAW
OOP

Novak Djokovic - I'm almost starting to like this trophy. But not quite.

The women (top 8 seeds have byes)

1st Quarter:
Pliskova(1) v Mertens(14)
Riske(11) v Sabalenka(5)
Also here Clijsters v Brady and Sevastova v Mladenovic in R1.

2nd Quarter:
Osaka(4) v Yastremska(16)
Kontaveit(12) v Kvitova(6)

Also here Muchova, Watson, Venus, Bouzkova and Collins.

3rd Quarter:
Konta(8) v Vondrousova(10)
Sakkari(13) v Serena(3)
Siniakova, Gauff, AVU, Putintseva also in this section.

4th Quarter:
Keys(7) v Rybakina(9)
Vekic(15) v Kenin(2)
Also in here Jabeur, Swiatek, Azarenka and Stephens v Garcia as a R1 match.

DRAW
DOUBLES DRAW
OOP

Victoria Azarenka - She's a hoot!

And the unfortunate coda again:

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• Daily youtube update with the scientific side of the fight against covid-19 , explained in pretty intelligible terms. (That links to a playlist, just click on the freshest clip. Or you know... get really into it from the beginning.)