Just For the Lads

 ATP Vienna, Nur-Sultan; WTA nada

ATP is still going strong, while WTA is almost done for the year. So this week is just for the lads. One ATP 500 and one ATP 250 (last of the four bonus C19 tournaments batch).

Erste Bank Open, Vienna

Wiener Stadthalle

ATP 500. 32 players in the draw which means no bye nonsense for a change. The eight seeds are Djokovic, Thiem, The Tsi, Medvedev, Rublev, Schwartzman, Monfils, The Shap. Brutal, if you ask me. All are in top 12. Who else show up: Coric v Fritz, Dimitrov v The Khach, Evans, PCB, Anderson, FAA, Sinner v Ruud, The Man, Nishikori. Did I say brutal? Last MD direct entry was #31 Hurkacz. Should I say it again?

DRAW

DOUBLES DRAW

OOP

Andrey Rublev

Astana Open, Nur-Sultan

Hazret Sultan Mosque

ATP 250. Draw of 28. Top four seeds have byes: Paire, Kecmanovic, Mannarino, Millman. The other four seeds are Sandgren, Bublik, Paul, Thompson. Compared to Vienna this is weaksauce. Seeds from #27 to #60. Last MD acceptance is Duckworth #91. Let's see if I can pick some "others". Well... Delbonis v Kukushkin, Norrie, Seppi, Albot, Verdasco, The Tiaf v Moutet.

DRAW

DOUBLES DRAW

OOP

John Millman and his maiden trophy

And the unfortunate coda again:

• Live and up to date stats about coronavirus

• Another site with up to date stats

• 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.)