2021 Women’s Tennis Season To Start In Abu Dhabi On January 5 | Tennis News

The 2021 WTA season will begin in Abu Dhabi on January 5, the governing physique of girls’s tennis stated, because it unveiled an early-season calendar that revolves across the Australian Open. The season will kick off with the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open, a WTA 500 degree occasion on January 5-13, whereas qualifying for the Australian Open will happen in Dubai on January 10-13. Players and their assist workers will then journey to Australia the place they’ll full the necessary two-week Covid-19 quarantine interval.

The Australian Open, the primary Grand Slam of the season, has already been delayed from its regular January slot and can happen on February 8-21.

In the build-up to the event in Melbourne, two WTA 500 tournaments shall be held concurrently in Melbourne Park on January 31-February 7.

WTA chairman and CEO Steve Simon stated on Friday the early-season occasions “will operate in an environment that puts health and safety at the forefront”.

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“The hard work will continue as we look further ahead into 2021 to ensure a safe and robust calendar,” he stated in a press release.

The WTA 250 tournaments in Auckland and Shenzhen is not going to be held in 2021 on account of journey restrictions however the WTA stated it hoped to revive them to the calendar in 2022.