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Serena, Barty to spearhead two WTA tournaments Sports January 8, 2021 MELBOURNE: World number one Ashleigh Barty and 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams will spearhead the two WTA tournaments in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, with the top 32-ranked women split evenly across the simultaneous events, organisers said Thursday. The onslaught of Covid-19 has forced a radical change to how the early 2021 tennis season will look, with the Australian Open pushed back three weeks to February 8. Players will arrive in Australia from January 15 and undergo a mandatory two-week quarant...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty will return to competitive tennis after a lengthy hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic when she headlines two WTA tournaments in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, organisers said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Premier 5 - Qatar Open - Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar - February 28, 2020 Australia's Ashleigh Barty in action during her semi final match against Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari The 24-year-old Queenslander has not played a match since Fe...

Murray River, with Phillip Island attached to the WTA event in week two of the AO. Leading the women’s field is top ranked Barty, who will make her first eagerly awaited competitive appearance in 11 months, after opting not to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last summer, the 24-year-old won the inaugural Adelaide International title and became the first local woman to reach an Australian Open semifinal since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. The Queenslander will face fierce competition from a Grand Slam quality field, with 49 of the world’s top 50 players committed to compete. This includes ...