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Italian quarantine rule could scupper Halep’s Palermo
- By Bill Scott
- . July 24, 2020
A new Italian quarantine rule signed into law on Friday could prevent Simona Halep from returning to tennis in August at Palermo. The WTA No.

Ousted ATP head now mixing it up with triathletes
- By Bill Scott
- . July 24, 2020
Ex-ATP supremo Chris Kermode has landed on his feet in sports administration seven months after losing his tennis job in a palace coup organised by

Schedule scramble as China shuts down autumn tennis
- By Bill Scott
- . July 24, 2020
Tennis officials were sent scrambling on Friday as China confirmed a total shutdown of major international sport for the remainder of the year due to COVID-19.

WTA China hopes evaporate; autumn tournaments under threat
- By Bill Scott
- . July 23, 2020
WTA hopes for playing this autumn in China will reportedly take a direct hit with the government set to add tennis to COVID-banned mass events, Chinese

I have serious doubts about US Open: Rittner
- By Bill Scott
- . July 23, 2020
Germany’s top women’s tennis boss admits to serious doubts that the US Open start next month will become a reality as the COVID-19 pandemic spins

Halep ‘yes’ to Prague puts US Open appearance in doubt
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 23, 2020
World No.2 Simona Halep has committed to the Prague Open next month, confirming she will play back-to-back clay-court tournaments when the WTA Tour resumes. “Hi

Simon ‘excited’ about WTA return in Sicily
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 23, 2020
WTA boss Steve Simon says he cannot wait the Tour to return in Sicily next month and said he hoped the Palermo Open would provide

More tennis infections are inevitable: Russian Rublev
- By Bill Scott
- . July 22, 2020
Rising Russian Andrey Rublev has little doubt that more COVID-19 infections will surely occur in the ATP world, with the No. 14 believing it’s just

Tiley’s AO dream: Stage it and they will come
- By Bill Scott
- . July 22, 2020
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley is counting on the unprecedented drawing power of his event to pull major stars out of their COVID-19 hibernation by next

Player who criticised Djokovic dumped for breaking WTT health protocols
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 22, 2020
American Danielle Collins, who criticised Novak Djokovic for saying the proposed US Open safety protocols were too “extreme”, has been dumped from the World TeamTennis