Houston celebration off as men’s tennis tour helps make agenda tweaks | Athletics
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic stands on the balcony at his accommodation in Adelaide, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley defended Djokovic for appealing to Australian Open up organizers to ease limitations so players could transfer to private residences with tennis courts.
LONDON (AP) — The U.S. Men’s Clay Courtroom Championship in Houston was canceled for the second calendar year in a row for the reason that of the coronavirus pandemic, section of a series of modifications to the men’s tennis calendar introduced by the ATP on Wednesday.
The Houston event was intended to be played April 3-11.
It was amid the dozens of professional tennis activities scrapped in 2020 when the excursions ended up on hiatus for a number of months.
Right up until then, the U.S. Men’s Clay Courtroom Championship had been held just about every 12 months given that 1929.
Between the other 2021 updates the men’s tour reported it was creating “in the face of scheduling issues presented by the COVID-19 pandemic” was the transfer of the Hungarian Open clay-court tournament — commonly held in Budapest in April — to Belgrade, Serbia.
The event director of the Belgrade party will be Djordje Djokovic, a younger brother of No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic.
The Serbia Open up is scheduled to be held April 19-25. Belgrade previously hosted a tournament from 2009-12.
The ATP additional two tournaments just for 2021 — in Singapore correct following the Australian Open up finishes next thirty day period, and in Marbella, Spain, starting up April 5.
The key-attract or qualifying fields are staying expanded at some men’s tournaments to give much more players options to contend.