February start confirmed for Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne
Andy Wong/AP Switzerland's Roger Federer and Serbia's Novak Djokovic play their semifinal match on Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open earlier this year. Men's tennis's governing body has announced the Australian Open will start on February 8, three weeks later than planned. While Tennis Australia and the Victorian and Australian governments are yet to confirm, the ATP on Thursday revealed its revised 2021 calendar with the Melbourne Park grand slam front and centre of pandemic-forced shake-up. The ATP said men's qualifying for the season's first major was being moved to Doha, Qatar, fro...