Fall lineup ATP and WTA, USA and Europe

 Fall Tournaments, Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, 2021

WTA 500 - Chicago Fall Tennis Classic, Chicago, USA
WTA 250 - Astana Open, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
ATP 250 - San Diego Open, San Diego, USA
ATP 250 - Sofia Open, Sofia, Bulgaria

Fall or almost fall is here. You can already feel the coolness or a hint of coolness in the early mornings and late evenings. We had the sedate days of Wimbledon and then the grand finale of slams in frenetic New York…And oh by the way there was this thing called uhmmm European Cup Laver Cup..did I hear a splat??? I have this image of long arms and legs flying all over the place ….and I hear the constant howls from some MCMers as they swallow tums or wine/beer, popcorn? after screaming at their TV’s....I distinctly remember Hartt saying she was in tears or near tears after the first drop shot from Shappy er dropped....All the while the Maestro quietly blesses us with his presence....

Sigh! There is a sense that things are slowing down although am not sure that applies to the tennis world. Let’s see what tennis delights are in store for us with the beginning of this fall tennis line up…..

WTA 500 - Chicago Fall Tennis Classic, XS Tennis Village, Chicago USA

Fall colors in Chicago - would love to be walking through those leaves!!

Surface: Hard outdoor

Draw: Singles 56, Doubles 28

This is the first edition of this tournament, one of the tourneys added to the calendar to replace the cancelled Asian tournaments.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Elena Svitolina, Garbine Muguruza, Belinda Bencic, Maria Sakkari, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Elena Rybakina, Ons Jabeur, Elise Mertens, Bianca Andreescu, Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins, Anett Kontaveit, Veronika Kudermetova, Tamara Zidansek, Victoria Azarenka, Camila Giorgi.

Wildcards: Kim Clijsters and American players Hailey Baptiste, Caty McNally and CoCo Vandeweghe

Here is a link to the WTA website.  Hopefully they will eventually post the draws

Chicago Classic Draw link

OOP

WTA 250 - Astana Open, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Nur-Sultan

Surface: hard indoor

Draw: Singles 32, doubles 16

This is also the first edition of the tournament.

Perhaps because it is the same week as a WTA 500 tournament, this does not have a strong field, with the top player ranked No.49 and the last direct entry No. 82.

Draw: Yulia Putintseva, Alison Van Uytvanck, Kristina Mladenovic, Greet Minnen, Ana Konjuh, Rebecca Peterson, Varvara Gracheva, Clara Burel

Wildcards: Anastasia Potapova, plus Anna Danilina and Zhibek Kulambayeva of Kazakhstan.

Draw

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ATP 250 - San Diego Open, San Diego, USA

At the famous San Diego Zoo - "Hullo"             

Surface: Hard outdoor

Draw: Singles 28, doubles 16

This tourney is the first ATP event in San Diego. Billie Jean King is the “Honorary Tournament Chairperson.”

Seeds (in order of seeding): Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Hubert Hurkacz, Diego Schwartzman, Daniel Evans.

Other notables include: Taylor Fritz, Lloyd Harris, Aslan Karatsev, Cameron Norrie

Wildcards: Andy Murray, Brandon Nakashima, Kei Nishikori.

Unfortunately, Murray and Nishikori will meet in the first round.

Draw
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ATP 250 - Sofia Open, Sofia, Bulgaria

Oooh that color blue!!!

Surface: Hard indoor

Draw: Singles 28, doubles 16

Defending champ: Jannik Sinner (his first ATP trophy)

“Bulgaria has made its mark on the ATP Tour through Grigor Dimitrov, and the country hosted its first ATP Tour event in its capital city of Sofia in 2016.” (ATP website)

Seeds (in order of seeding): Jannik Sinner, Gael Monfils, Alex de Minaur, Alexander Bublik, Filip Krajinovic, , Adrian Mannarino, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, John Millman

Other notables include: Ilya Ivashka, Lorenzo Musetti, Benoit Paire

Wildcards: All Bulgarian players – Adrian Andreev, Dimitar Kuzmanov, Alexandar Lazarov

Draw

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A digital bouquet for Shirley Hartt.  🌹🌸🌼 I was really dragging this whole week so your work on 4 tourneys very much appreciated.