This Week's Drop Shots: January 27th, 2021
“This Week’s Drop Shots” details the latest results, hot takes, and breaking news from around the tennis world in a quick and easy-to-read format.
Hey tennis fans! Hope your Wednesday is off to a good start…we’re here to make it a little better with some news and updates from the tennis world. College tennis is in full swing, the Australian Open is just around the corner…it’s a good time to be a tennis fan!
Aussie Open
We’re now less than 2 weeks away from the start of main draw action in Australia! The headlines continue to be dominated by players throwing shade (Nadal joined in this time, so check it out here), ridiculous quarantine workout highlights, and all sorts of related drama. Of course, the draws aren’t available yet, so we’ll stick to broad predictions and soak up any of the off-court nonsense that we can. Our recommendation: follow players such as Stefanos Tsitsipas and Bethanie Mattek-Sands for some great perspective on the situation down under!
College Tennis
First off, we hope you got to join us for at least a bit this past weekend during ITA Kickoff Weekend! The CR team had a blast introducing our RedZone coverage of the matches; we provided streaming, commentary, and analysis on the matches happening simultaneously across the country! If you missed the action, here were the upsets (as defined by Gruskin) you didn’t see:
Women’s
Northwestern def. NC State 4-3
Georgia Tech def. Duke 4-3
Men’s
Virginia def. Ohio State 4-2
Texas def. Florida 4-3
Tennessee def. NC State 4-1
Check out Gruskin’s full slate of Kickoff Weekend takeaways here on this week’s Deciding Point!
ITF/Challenger Action
If you’re starved for professional tennis to follow, don’t forget that there are tons of ITF and Challenger events going on all across the world! From Challengers in France (where Lucas Pouille and Sebastian Korda are the top seeds) to ITF events being held right here in the United States (Rome, GA), there is always tennis to get caught up on. Want to keep track of it all? Check out latest results and current scores here!
Upcoming Local Events
We’ve got a couple of phenomenal tournaments coming up in Indianapolis that we’re stoked about! Follow us for updates, news, and results!
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