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Barty not bothered by Badosa’s upset win
- By Bill Scott
- . April 10, 2021
Ash Barty shrugged off her quarter-final loss to Paula Badosa, with the world No. 1 Australian content to get on with her clay campaign after

Backlash begins: Stuttgart grass will now clash with RG
- By Bill Scott
- . April 8, 2021
The Stuttgart tournament which kicks off the ATP summer grass season will plough ahead with its original dates despite a clash with the newly rescheduled

RG slides by a week; grass season now threatened
- By Bill Scott
- . April 8, 2021
French Open officials on Thursday officially pulled the trigger on a one-week postponement, opening up a scheduling can of worms for the summer grass season to

RG could still cop a COVID delay; German events worried
- By Bill Scott
- . April 7, 2021
Even if enough COVID-safe protocols can be shoe-horned into place, the upcoming French Open might still face a start delay of a few days next

Lajovic skipping Marbella to get COVID vaxx
- By Bill Scott
- . April 7, 2021
Serb Dusan Lakovic has given up his position as fourth seed at this week’s new ATP 250 tournament in Marbella, preferring to remain at home

ATP may slightly deflate clay tournament bubbles
- By Bill Scott
- . April 6, 2021
The Monte Carlo Masters might serve as a test bed for an experimental easing of the ATP tournament bubbles which are driving many players around

Red alert for Roland Garros after COVID warning
- By Bill Scott
- . April 4, 2021
The French Open faces possible postponement for a second straight year after a COVID-19 warning from the country’s sports minister. With the entirety of the nation now

Barty feels the pain as Adreescu quits Miami final
- By Bill Scott
- . April 3, 2021
Ash Barty had to steel herself as Miami Masters finals opponent Bianca Andreescu was forced to quit with a foot injury on Saturday, handing the

Cancellation unlikely, but RG will have a pandemic vibe
- By Bill Scott
- . April 2, 2021
With France entering a fresh lockdown for the entire month of April due to a COVID-19 surge, May’s traditional staging of Roland Garros will likely take on a

ATP opts for carrot approach to spark COVID vax
- By Bill Scott
- . April 2, 2021
The ATP will cut the red tape for fully COVID-vaccinated players while leaving anti-vaxxers to struggle with the current tournament bureaucracy. The carrot-v-stick approach is designed to