2021 Australian Summer of Tennis*

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Player acceptance list. One in the top 10, who is a chance to withdraw as she is still in the seagull trophy. Not great. Suprised Barty and Halep are not playing it.

Rank	First name	Last name	Nationality
8	Bianca	Andreescu	CAN
12	Belinda	Bencic	SUI
14	Johanna	Konta	GBR
17	Iga	Swiatek	POL
18	Petra	Martic	CRO
19	Elena	Rybakina	KAZ
20	Elise	Mertens	BEL
24	Jennifer	Brady	USA
28	Yulia	Putintseva	KAZ
32	Donna	Vekic	CRO
34	Qiang	Wang	CHN
35	Shuai	Zhang	CHN
36	Veronika	Kudermetova	RUS
39	Anastasia	Pavlyuchenkova	RUS
42	Saisai	Zheng	CHN
44	Caroline	Garcia	FRA
46	Danielle	Collins	USA

Apparently they were hopeful Barty my take a wildcard but it sounds like that woni happen. I know it's only a 250 and it's not this simple but I would of thought playing next week might mean one weeks less travel overseas during the year

 

[yaco55]

Apparently they were hopeful Barty my take a wildcard but it sounds like that woni happen. I know it's only a 250 and it's not this simple but I would of thought playing next week might mean one weeks less travel overseas during the year

I am surprised Barty is not playing this tournament, though it wouldn't mean one week less travel - Anyway, Aussies have been privileged to have such a range of tournaments - Hope Adelaide gets behind the tournament.

 

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I would love to hear a tell all interview with Craig Tiley about the last six months preparation for this year's AO. The guy is a machine.

Clearly Tennis Australia financially have thrown everything at it but it's not the money, I am just amazed we are going to finish an event.

 

[yaco55]

I would love to hear a tell all interview with Craig Tiley about the last six months preparation for this year's AO. The guy is a machine.

Clearly Tennis Australia financially have thrown everything at it but it's not the money, I am just amazed we are going to finish an event.

Interviewed today on Sen by Dwayne Russel - Apparently the tournament will lose +120 million in 2021.

 

[Xtreme]

Interviewed today on Sen by Dwayne Russel - Apparently the tournament will lose +120 million in 2021.

Who knew that the guy pushing the crowd clapping sound button would charge that much!!!

 

[JackNah_8]

Henin is right though Osaka still has to improve her grass or clay court game (if she wants to win the FO and Wimbledon)

 

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Interviewed today on Sen by Dwayne Russel - Apparently the tournament will lose +120 million in 2021.

Rediculous amount of money, I have heard him interviewed but I am interested more in the negotiations that took places with players and the Government. I think he did the right though, easy to bypass this year but there are no guarantees that 2022 will be normal so they had to run 2021.

Where Tennis Australia were lucky was that the majority of players needed to play due to the money and rankings on offer.

 

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Barty has accepted a wildcard into the Adelaide event.

 

[pepsi]

Interviewed today on Sen by Dwayne Russel - Apparently the tournament will lose +120 million in 2021.

That is very disturbing. What's to say some sort of quarantine won't be in place next Aus Open?

 

[yaco55]

Rediculous amount of money, I have heard him interviewed but I am interested more in the negotiations that took places with players and the Government. I think he did the right though, easy to bypass this year but there are no guarantees that 2022 will be normal so they had to run 2021.

Where Tennis Australia were lucky was that the majority of players needed to play due to the money and rankings on offer.

I struggle to see how 2022 will not be normal - Australia will be fully vaccinated as will many other countries - I agree there is no way the players or the tournament will agree to a two week quarantine in 2022.

 

[yaco55]

That is very disturbing. What's to say some sort of quarantine won't be in place next Aus Open?

There will be no tournament at that time under these circumstances.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

That is very disturbing. What's to say some sort of quarantine won't be in place next Aus Open?

Isn't the event basically funded by the Vic government?

Don't cry for Tiley or the players, they're getting their $$$.

 

[BobbyMorri]

Well, it is done.

I am not a huge fan of Tiley overall and I had some choice words in the last few months about things(well, mostly about missing my Hobart International). but the man deserves a break and a long one at that. Talk about stress on the job. Done well to survive the summer.

Getting it done and without any long term reputation loss makes this a successful tournament. Here's hoping next year, the world will be in a better place and we can have a normal summer of tennis, with all the tournaments in their usual slot.

 

[JamisonRun40]

I wonder how many hours sleep Tiley has had over the past few months. I think he deserves a bit of a holiday, well done to Tiley and his team because he didn't do it alone.

 

[JackNah_8]

Massive lost

 

[HODGEYROAD]

The crowd at the final aren't to fond of Vaccinations and the Victorian Government judging by the ceremony.

 

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Massive lost

Huge, while a majority was COVID related I think Tennis Australia via pressure from the Internal Tennis Community has been considering moving the event into Feb and outside of school holidays. I think this year puts that argument away.

 

[yaco55]

Huge, while a majority was COVID related I think Tennis Australia via pressure from the Internal Tennis Community has been considering moving the event into Feb and outside of school holidays. I think this year puts that argument away.

Think it's faux pressure to move the Oz Open as the rest of the calendar appears happy with their dates - Overseas fans missing was the key takeaway from this edition of the Oz Open - They add nearly 15% to the total attendance, along with their energy and pizazz.