Osaka, Azarenka withdraw from Australian Open tuneups
Former Australian Open champions Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka withdrawn from tuneup tournaments Saturday, two days before the year’s first tennis major begins at Melbourne Park.
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MELBOURNE, Australia Grand Slam tournament winners Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams withdrew from their tuneup tournaments, their focus already on the Australian Open, well before Alexander Zverev tweaked his back in the second set of his must-win ATP Cup match against Daniil Medvedev.
He left the court for treatment Saturday and returned, taking the match to three sets before Medvedev finally converted to secure Russia s win over Germany and a spot in the final.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Grand Slam tournament winners Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams withdrew from their tuneup tournaments, their focus already on the Australian Open, well before Alexander.
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SURFACE
SCHEDULE
The 14-day tournament begins Monday morning in Australia (Sunday evening EST). The women’s singles final is Feb. 20, and the men’s singles final is Feb. 21; both are to begin at about 7:30 p.m. in Australia (3:30 a.m. EST). Like at the U.S. Open, there are separate day and night sessions. The tournament is beginning three weeks after originally scheduled, a change made because of the coronavirus pandemic.
SEEDS
Ash Barty is seeded No. 1 in the women’s draw; Novak Djokovic is seeded No. 1 in the men’s draw. The seedings follow the WTA and ATP rankings.
Victoria announced no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday as all 17 household and social primary close contacts of the hotel quarantine worker infected with the mutant UK variant returned negative tests.