The world of tennis continues with its progressive return to normality after the stoppage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. While women's tennis has already been officially reactivated in tournaments such as Palermo, Prague or Lexington, andhe men's tennis will have its first official competition from this Friday at the Western & Southern Open, which this year changes its headquarters from Cincinnati to New York for the US Open 'bubble' (August 31 – September 13). A tournament in which the great rackets of the WTA circuit will also meet before the American Grand Slam.
In this first competition of the ATP circuit after the break andAll the great rackets of the ranking will be present with the exception of Rafa Nadal, who resigned from the US tour, and Roger Federer, that he will miss the remainder of the season due to injury, in addition to Nick Kyrgios, who refused to travel due to the increase in coronavirus cases in the United States.
Novak Djokovic starts as a great favorite in a tournament where he could be seen with Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev (current champion), Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Matteo Berrettini, David Goffin, Kevin Anderson or Andy Murray, who will be at the tournament with an invitation. With the absence of Nadal, the great Spanish assets for the title at the Western & Southern Open will be Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño and Albert Ramos.
It will also be the first great event on the WTA calendar in which we will see the great figures of the women's circuit together again after the break. TOnte the absences of Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep, number 1 and number 2 in the WTA ranking, Czech Karolina Pliskova starts as a great favorite for the title ahead of Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, Serena Williams, Aryna Sabalenka, Petra Kvitova, Madison Keys, Johanna Konta and Kim Clijsters, who will be in the final draw after receiving an invitation. Garbiñe Muguruza, a finalist in the Australian Open, will be the only Spanish representative in the tournament before facing a new Grand Slam challenge at the US Open, the only great one that, along with the Australian Open, has yet to conquer.