The tennis ballet dancer - a Career in pictures
Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA 500
Tokyo, Japan
Hana Bank Korea Open WTA 250
Seoul, Korea
San Diego Open ATP 250
San Diego, USA
Moselle Open ATP 250
Metz, France
Laver Cup
London, Great Britain
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| Look at that face full of concentration. He served notice!!! |
Chennai - Linda Fruhvirtova, Singles. Gaby Dabrowski/Luisa Stefani, Doubles
Slovenia - Katerina Siniakova, Singles. Tereza Martincova/Marta Kostyuk - Doubles
Davis Cup Group A - Italy, Croatia. Group B - Spain, Canada. Group C - Germany, Australia. Group D - Netherlands, USA.
We knew of course that the day will come or as someone said to me, that day - you know the one you have to put in capital letters, bold the letters and underline them - THAT DAY. The day Roger Federer retires from tennis or again as stubborn as we are we insist he is retiring from active play BUT he is not retiring from tennis! Alas in spite of our collective "nooooooooo" Roger's final game will be at the Laver Cup which will be played next weekend September 23 - 25, 2022 in London.
The outpouring of praise and admiration after his announcement is a testament to the tennis star's remarkable impact and legacy in the world of tennis, sport and beyond. He brought the arts to us through his playing style. Indeed one young man told me that he started to watch ballet performances because of Roger's tennis. Ha! Who knew?
As Roger said in his announcement he is not leaving tennis and that is some comfort. We are selfish Roger because you gave us so many hours of pleasure, not because you were winning but how you played off the court as well as how you floated around the court leaving us to question whether we were at a ballet performance or a hard hitting, grinding, competitive sport. It was both.
Thank you for the privilege and honor of watching you all these years. Watch the Rolex statement on Roger by clicking the link below.
Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA 500
Tokyo, Japan
September 19 - 25, 2022
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| Wimbledon 2012 |
Surface: hard indoor
Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16The tournament was last held in 2019 because of Covid.
Defending champion: Naomi Osaka (defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova)
The top 4 seeds receive a first-round bye.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Paula Badosa, Caroline Garcia, Garbine Muguruza, Veronika Kudermetova, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Karolina Pliskova, Alison Riske-Amritraj, Elena Rybakina
Other notables include Naomi Osaka (defending champ), Liudmila Samsonova, Qinwen Zheng
Wildcards: Japanese players Misaki Doi, Mai Montama, plus Elena Rybakina
Protected ranking: Sofia Kenin
Withdrawals: Cirstea, Kasatkina, Putintseva, Sabalenka
Hana Bank Korea Open WTA 250
Olympic Park Tennis Center
Seoul, Korea
Sept. 19 - 25, 2022
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| Focus! |
Draw: Singles 32, Doubles 16
The tournament is held in conjunction with an ATP 250 tournament, which will take place next week.
Defending champion: Zhu Lin, who defeated Kristina Mladenovic. (Last year this was a 125 level tourney.)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Jelena Ostapenko, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Magda Linette, Zhu Lin, Aleksandra Krunic, Varvara Gracheva, Emma Raducanu, Tatjana Maria
Wildcards: Korean players Han Na-lae, Jeong Boyoung, Park So-hyun
Protected ranking: Kimberly Birrell, Eugenie Bouchard, Yanina Wickmayer
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| Two sets of twins - the audacity!! |
Surface: Hard
Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16
This is the 2nd edition of the tourney.
Defending Champion: Casper Ruud (Defeated Cameron Norrie)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Dan Evans, Jenson Brooksby, Marcos Giron, Pedro Martinez, Brandon Nakashima, Alejandro Tabilo, James Duckworth, J.J. Wolf
Wildcards: American players Brandon Holt, Zachary Svajda, plus Fernando Verdasco
Withdrawals: Altmaier, Garin, Kwon, Vesely
Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP
Moselle Open ATP 250
Arenes de Metz
Metz, France
Sept. 19 - 25, 2022
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| Thank you Roger |
Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16
This is the 24th edition of the tournament.
Defending Champion: Hubert Hurkacz (defeated Pablo Carreno Busta) Seeds (in order of seeding): Daniil Medvedev, Hubert Hurkacz, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune, Nikoloz Basilashvili, Aslan Karatsev, Alexander Bublik, Adrian Mannarino
Wildcards: French players Richard Gasquet, Ugo Humbert, Gilles Simon
Protected ranking: Dominic Thiem
Withdrawals: Carreno Busta, Cressy, Dimitrov, Davidovich Fokina, Monfils
Laver Cup
The O2 Arena
London, Great Britain
Sept. 23 - 25, 2022
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| Joy!! |
Surface: indoor hard
Draw: Singles 12, Doubles 12
Although not a traditional tournament and the players are not awarded ranking points, the Laver Cup is part of the ATP calendar. It was established in 2017 but this is the 5th edition of the tourney because it was not held in 2020.
There are two teams, comprised of 6 players each, Team Europe and Team World. Team Europe has won all the Laver Cup tourneys to date, including giving Team World a 14-1 drubbing last year!Three of the 6 players qualify based on their ATP rankings on the Monday following RG. The remaining three are captains’ picks.
There are 12 matches played over 3 days – 9 singles and 3 doubles. All matches are best of 3, with a 10-point match tie break if necessary. Each player competes in at least 1 singles match during the first 2 days. Which brings the question of whether Roger Federer will be able to do that, or will the rule be changed?
There are two big developments for this year’s Laver Cup. Roger Federer has announced that this will be his final professional tournament, so this will be the last opportunity for fans to see him as a pro tennis player. The other is the presence of the Big 4 – Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy
Murray and of course Federer himself. We can expect interest in this year’s tournament to go through the roof!
Team Europe (in order of current rankings): Casper Ruud, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer. Captain Bjorn Borg and Vice-captain Thomas Enqvist.
Team World (in order of current rankings): Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Diego Schwartzman, Frances Tiafoe (replacing the injured John Isner), Alex de Minaur, Jack Sock. Captain John McEnroe and Vice-captain Patrick McEnroe.
For further information: Laver Cup
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| Team World |
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| Team Europe |
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| Team mates |
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| No words needed |
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| Ready |
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| The Fab Four |
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