The Sprint to USO begins...

Olympic tennis is over but there is still plenty of tennis leading up to USO

Citi Open, Washington, DC, ATP 500
Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic, San Jose, CA , WTA 500
Winners Open, Cluj Napoca, Romania, WTA 250

Tokyo Olympics 2020 - 2 ATP 250s

Olympic Tennis, Tokyo, Japan (Hardcourt)
Truist Atlanta Open, Atlanta, Georgia ATP 250 (Hardcourt)
Generali Open, Kitzbuhel, Austria, ATP 250 (Clay)

Games on! No secret I was concerned the Olympics would be cancelled any moment, up until I saw the Opening Ceremonies. Praise Sweet Baby Jesus the links and the work held fast or I might have blown a Gasquet!

 
For those not competing in the Olympics this year, there’s 2 ATP 250s - details below. There’s also 2 WTA 125s - not detailed below in Belgrade, Serbia and Charleston, South Carolina.  So let’s see what’s happening this week in Tokyo Tennis, Hardcourts and Clay!

Olympics + Four 250 Weddings (Clay) & A Funeral (HC)

Plava Laguna Croatia Open, Umag Croatia ATP 250
Mifel Open, Los Cabos, Mexico ATP 250
Swiss Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland ATP 250
BNP Paribas Poland Open, Gdynia, Poland WTA 250

32nd Palermo Ladies Open, Palermo, Sicily, Italy WTA 250

For players who did not qualify for the Olympics, or who chose not to go, there are 3 ATP and 2 WTA 250 level tournaments available. The 2021 Tokyo Olympics (officially referred to as #Tokyo2020) begin Opening Ceremonies Friday, July 23, 2021.  Let's see what's happening this week:

After Wimbledon - A return to Clay, mostly

ATP 500 - Hamburg European Open, Hamburg, Germany
ATP 250 - Hall of Fame Open, Newport, RI, USA
ATP 250 - Nordea Open, Bastad, Sweden
WTA 250 - Hungarian Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary
WTA 250 - Livesport Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic
WTA 250 - Ladies Open Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

No time to mourn the oh so short soothing sight of the green grass of Wimbledon.  If you are a tennis buff there is tennis enough this week to prevent withdrawal symptoms.  

WIMBLEDON - WEEK 2

The Survivors!

"Well, the names have all changed
Since you hung around
But those dreams have remained
And they've turned around"

We were treated to a great week of tennis at Wimbledon, complete with thrills and, unfortunately, spills. We had some SURPRISE departures, some not so surprising. Let's see what's going on for this year's 2nd Wimbledon Week.  Also tucked in this week, at WTA 250 on Clay.  We'll quickly deal with this INTERLOPER first, then get to what everyone's actually interested in!