Monte Carlo and BJKC and Charleston again

 ATP Monte Carlo; WTA Charleston 2; ITF BJKC playoffs

Here comes the first big one on clay for the men. The Monte Carlo Masters. The women have a Fed Cup Billie Jean King Cup appointment - the World Group playoffs (I think), and Charleston was nice enough to warrant another week there, but this time just a WTA 250. I'm gonna start with the grand!

Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters

Monte Carlo Country Club

First ATP Masters 1000 of the year on clay. Out of the top 20 Thiem, Federer, The Shap and Raonic chose to pass on this one. It's a 56 players draw, with the top 8 seeds having byes. Here they are: Djokovic, Medvedev, Nadal, The Tsi, Zverev, Rublev, Schwartzman and Berrettini. The other eight byeless seeds are RBA, Monfils, Goffin, PCB, Hurkacz, Dimitrov, Fognini and Garin. Let's check out the draw (projected R16).

One to five, four missing

1st Quarter

Djokovic[1] v Hurkacz[13]

Goffin[11] v Zverev[5]

Also in here ARV v Sinner, Evans, Cilic, Fucsovic.

2nd Quarter

The Tsi[4] v Garin[16]

Monfils[10] v Berrettini[8]

Other notables: Musetti v Karatsev, FAA, De Minaur.

3rd Quarter

Rublev[6] v RBA[9]

Dimitrov[14] v Nadal[3]

Fritz, Struff, Chardy and Mannarino are also in this section

4th Quarter

Schwartzman[7] v PCB[12]

Fognini[15] v Medvedev[2]

Who else? We have a Norse battle! Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune v Ruud. Also The Khach, Paire and Basilashvili.

DRAW

DOUBLES DRAW

OOP

Stefanos Tsitsipas and hist 1st ATP Masters 1000 trophy

Onto the women.

MUSC Health Women's Open, Charleston

Complex at Daniel Island

If you are wondering, MUSC is Medical University of South Carolina. For some reason MUSC Health threw me off and towards some fitness supplements... OK, this one is an offshoot of C19. It's a one and only deal, just for this year. WTA 250 with 32 players in the draw. No byes. The eight seeds are Jabeur, Linette, Rogers, Cornet, Doi, Tomljanovic, Davis and Brengle. Brengle is #81, just sayin'... Let's still try for a "who else?"... Hibino, McNally, Kovinic, Vandeweghe, Wang (Y) and McHale v Errani. We did it!

DRAW

DOUBLES DRAW

OOP

Astra Sharma and her 1st trophy (I kinda feel sorry for her...)

Billie Jean King Cup playoffs

Reading on this gave me a headache. So I'm gonna do a copypasta! 

The Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Play-offs will take place on 16-17 April 2021 and will feature the eight losing nations from the Qualifiers and the eight promoted teams from the regional Group I events – four teams from Europe/Africa Group I, two teams from Americas Group I, two teams from Asia/Oceania Group I.

Winning nations will compete in the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers in 2022. Losing nations will compete in Group I events.

OK? Good?

Good.

Here are the 8 ties with locations.

Cordoba and Chornomorsk are on clay outdoor, while s-Hertogenbosch is on clay indoor, fitting well with the season. The other five are all on HC indoors.

Here are the teams:

Poland

Players: Linette, Kawa, Frech, Ula Radwanska, Kania-Chodun

Captain: Dawid Celt.

Brazil

Players: Ce, Pigossi, Rodrigues Alves, Stefani

Captain: Roberta Burzagli.

Great Britain

Players: Watson, Dart, Swan, Burrage, Boulter

Captain: Anne Keothavong.

Mexico

Players: Zacarias, Olmos, Contreras Gomez, Garcia (not that one)

Captain: Agustin Moreno.

Serbia

Players: Stojanovic, Danilovic, Krunic, Jorovic, Radivojevic

Captain: Dusan Vemic.

Canada

Players: Fernandez, Marino, Zhao, Fichman

Captain: Heidi El Tabakh.

Latvia

Players: Sevastova, Ostapenko, Marcinkevica, Vismane, Spaka

Captain: Adrians Zguns.

India

Players: Raina, Bhosale, Desai, Thandi, Mirza

Captain: Vishal Uppal.

Ukraine

Players: Svitolina, Kostyuk, Zavatska, 2 x Kichenok

Captain: Mikhail Filima.

Japan

Players: Naito, Muramatsu, Akita, Sato

Captain: Toshihisa Tsuchihashi.

Romania

Players: Țig, Bara, Buzărnescu, Ruse, Niculescu

Captain: Monica Niculescu.

Italy

Players: Trevisan, Paolini, Cocciaretto, Gatto-Monticone, Turati

Captain: Tathiana Garbin.

Argentina

Players: Podoroska, Carle, Bosio, Naya, Ortenzi

Captain: Mercedes Paz.

Kazakhstan

Players: Rybakina, Putintseva, Diyas, Danilina, Shvedova

Captain: Yaroslava Shvedova.

Netherlands

Players: Bertens, Rus, Pattinama Kerkhove, Schuurs

Captain: Paul Haarhuis.

China

Players: Zhang, Zheng, 2 x Wang(X), XU

Captain: Wei-Guang Yang.

BJKC official site

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