Sydney Classic - WTA 500Sydney Classic - ATP 250Adelaide International 2 - ATP 250Adelaide International 2 - WTA 250
Welcome to the week before the Australian Open!! We're leaving a packed week full of anxious AO contenders.
A hearty Congratulations to The ATP Cup champs Canada (and Shirley our resident Canuck)! The non-controversial tennis gang was in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. And we're only leaving Melbourne for a hot second before we're back next week for the AO.
And Congratulations to the regulation tournament Winners this week: Adelaide 500: Ash Barty (+ Doubles Champ with Storm Sanders); Melbourne 1 WTA 250 Simona Halep 😎; Melbourne 2 WTA 250: Amanda Anisimova; Adelaide ATP 250: Gael Monfils; Melbourne Summer Set ATP 250: Rafa Nadal!
Now buckle your seat belts, it may be a bumpy ride in Sydney and Adelaide for the diehards determined to be match ready for the AO Jan. 17.
So, let's get to it!👇
Sydney Tennis Classic, WTA 500Sydney Olympic Park Tennis CentreSydney, AustraliaJanuary 10 -15, 2022
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| 102 Year-Old Floating Forest Ship - Sydney Harbour |
Surface: Hard outdoor
Draw: Singles-30, Doubles-16
Defending champ: Petra Kvitova
This tournament is returning for the first time since 2019.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Ashleigh Barty, Garbine Muguruza, Barbora Krejcikova, Anett Kontaveit, Paula Badosa, Ons Jabeur, Sofia Kenin, Elena Rybakina.
Other notables include: Petra Kvitova, Jessica Pegula, Emma Raducanu
There were several withdrawals: Leylah Fernandez, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Maria Sakkari, Iga Swiatek
Wildcards: Aussies Priscilla Hon, Astra Sharma
Draw: Singles-30, Doubles-16
Defending champ: Petra Kvitova
This tournament is returning for the first time since 2019.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Ashleigh Barty, Garbine Muguruza, Barbora Krejcikova, Anett Kontaveit, Paula Badosa, Ons Jabeur, Sofia Kenin, Elena Rybakina.
Other notables include: Petra Kvitova, Jessica Pegula, Emma Raducanu
There were several withdrawals: Leylah Fernandez, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Maria Sakkari, Iga Swiatek
Wildcards: Aussies Priscilla Hon, Astra Sharma
WTA DRAWS + OOP (once again we're not WTA lucky - this is simply to the website draw, oop webpage- now the .pdf link has a big red warning notice saying it's not safe since you're not private - expect this to be the WTA for the rest of 2022👿
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| Sydney - University of Technology - Building designed by Frank Gehry |
Sydney Tennis Classic, ATP 250Sydney Olympic Park Tennis CentreSydney, AustraliaJanuary 10-15, 2022
Surface: Hard outdoorDraw: Singles-28, Doubles-24
2019 Champion: Alex de Minaur
Seeds (in order of seeding): Aslan Karatsev, Nikoloz Basilashvili, Daniel Evans, Reilly Opelka, Lorenzo Sonego, Dusan Lajovic, Fabio Fognini, David Goffin
Other notables include: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Marcos Giron, Adrian Mannarino
Wildcards: Aussies Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson, plus Sir Andy Murray
Special exempt: Maxime Cressy👀
There were several high-profile withdrawals including: Roberto Bautista Agut, Taylor Fritz, Kei Nishikori, Dominic Thiem
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| Hyde Park - Sydney, Australia |
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| Adelaide Zoo - This is Boo sticking Bamboo up his Snoo Waiting for You |
Adelaide International 2, WTA 250Memorial Drive Tennis CentreAdelaide, AustraliaJanuary 10-15, 2022
Surface: Hard outdoor
Draw: Singles-32, Doubles-16
This is the 4th edition of the tourney.
This is a combined WTA and ATP tournament, which replaces the Hobart International for the women and the ATP Auckland Open for the men because of the ongoing Covid pandemic.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Aryna Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina, Cori Gauff, Tamara Zidansek, Veronika Kudermetova, Tamara Zidansek, Marketa Vondrousova, Jil Teichmann
Other notables include: Sorana Cirstea, Viktorija Golubic, Marta Kostyuk, Shelby Rogers
Withdrawals: Camila Giorgi, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Clara Tauson, Sara Sorribes Tormo
Wildcards: Aussies Madison Inglis and Daria (Gavrilova) Seville, plus Aryna Sabalenka
ADELAIDE DRAWS + OOP (see above)
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| 1 of 3 PINK LAKES in Western Australia - LAKE HILLIER. The lake varies from a mild lilac to a bubble-gum pink due to the presence of bacterium producing a rosy pigment - AIN'T NATURE GRAND! |
Adelaide International 2, ATP 250Memorial Drive Tennis CentreAdelaide, AustraliaJanuary 10-15, 2022
Surface: hard outdoorDraw: Singles-28, Doubles 24
This is the 3rd edition of the tourney.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Gael Monfils, John Isner, Karen Khachanov, Marin Cilic, Lloyd Harris, Alexander Bublik, Frances Tiafoe, Marton Fucsovics
Other notables include: Mackenzie McDonald, Lorenzo Musetti, Jan-Lennard Struff
Withdrawals: Jenson Brooksby, James Duckworth, Dominik Koepfer, Sebastian Korda
Wildcards: Aussies Alex Bolt, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Aleksandar Vukic
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| UMPHERSTON SINKHOLE - Adelaide (or the Sunken Garden) A peculiar garden built in the remnants of a cave, where the ceiling collapsed due to limestone corrosion and created a sinkhole. James Umpherston beautified the sinkhole in 1886 with the intent to create a “pleasant resort in the heat of summer” for the people of Mount Gambier. |
Rock and Roll Shirley Hartt! 👊
| Attention MCM: member Prime Thiem took an initiative & started for we the willing here a Tennis Bracket Challenge for the year 2022. There's 6 hardy souls in our Match Call Migrants Group so far (and there's hundreds of Groups with 400 or more participants - we look puny). So please jump out of your comfort zone if you're not one of We Six and join here: Tennis Draw Challenge |
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