Since the covid-19 pandemic in March the way a proportion of men's tennis has conducted itself has been nothing short of abysmal. From the drama's of the Adria Tour and the players behaviour off-court as well, Tennis in Atlanta, Zverev in Paris, Paire in Hamburg and lastly the flee of Russia by Sam Querrey. It... Continue Reading →
As reported by MARCA a few days ago the ATP summoned players to a zoom call. It has come out that the ATP players of 400 were in a zoom call for 3 hours and 36 minutes with a lot of topics discussed. Not much has been made public. It is understood this was just... Continue Reading →
Tennis is set to find out it’s fate for the rest of the season. A decision on the summer events in the USA is expected within the next two weeks and it could majorly impact what happens from now until the end of the season with multiple scenario’s still being considered. According to leading Spanish... Continue Reading →
The ATP and WTA have announced the tours suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic has been extended until the end of July. A decision on tournaments August and until immediately after the US Open is expected in two weeks time. There have also been updates from the US Open who are looking at options behind... Continue Reading →
Following the change of message to Stay Alert from Stay Home and the ability to meet someone outside your household in a public place for exercise whilst maintain a 2m distance tennis will be able to resume with some guidelines. These guidelines are only for England and not Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland who are... Continue Reading →
These unusual times continue and look set to continue for a while especially in the tennis world which is played worldwide week in week out. In this latest version of The Overrule I'll look at what players are up to during this break in the sport and lockdown from socialising and also an update on... Continue Reading →
With no tennis scheduled until at least July 13th there have been some updates over Easter Weekend with some key decisions to be made and also one tournament in August which is where I'll begin. Rogers Cup in Montreal cancelled for 2020! The Quebec government in Canada have announced all sporting events must be cancelled... Continue Reading →
All tennis activity has been cancelled until at least 7th of June. Tennis on the ATP, ATP Challenger, WTA and ITF Circuit has been cancelled and plans will continue to go ahead to continue tennis in the week beginning the 8th of June 2020. The ATP and WTA have released a joint statement which says:... Continue Reading →
Right now we should have been talking about Indian Wells but unfortunately we are not set to have any tennis until the end of April due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak was declared a pandemic last week by the World Health Organisation and countries have continued to go into lock down and sadly things... Continue Reading →
Indian Wells was the first and it sent shockwaves through the tennis world cancelling the event due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Since then with the World Health Organisation declaring a pandemic and countries going into lockdown events in Prague and the Fed Cup Play-Offs and Finals have all been postponed. Players were still hanging around... Continue Reading →
