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February 2023 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Week 1
First edition of a new team event combining ATP & WTA – United Cup which replaced the ATP Cup (it’d replaced the Hopman Cup in 2020). 18 teams in the mix, six groups, then specific quarterfinals (one loser with the best ratio goes through!), semifinals & final, everything played in three Australian cities (Perth, Brisbane, Sydney). The Americans had the strongest team with two male and two female players in the Top 20, and they confirmed it by winning all five matches without serious troubles. Taylor Fritz [9], who seems to be a new force in men’s tennis, gave the decisive point to the US. The event marked the official comeback of Alexander Zverev [12] who was sidelined for seven months due to a terrible injury he suffered at Roland Garros, and participated in a ridiculous exhibition event at the end of the last year. His return to the circuit wasn’t successful – the loss to Fritz could be expected, yet his quick defeat to Jiří Lehečka [81] isn’t a good prognostic for the rest of the season. Both matches also lost Rafael Nadal [2] who experiences one of the most difficult periods of his 20-year-old career. The Spaniard has won only 4 of his last 11 matches. Nonetheless, he lost in Australia rather tight matches against the Top 20 players, it’s perhaps a bit optimistic with the Aussie Open on the horizon. Too early to predict he’s finally finished.
The first week of a new season, delivered the first Arabian event in ATP history! The two best players at the turn of the 80s and 90s, Boris Becker [5] and Stefan Edberg [2] arrived in the Arabian Peninsula encouraging other top players to do the same in the years to come. They faced each other in the semifinal, and in the final Becker prevailed against Goran Ivanišević [4] in a dramatic encounter between two of the six best-serving players at the time.
“United Cup” – Sydney
“Hopman Cup” – Perth
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