{"id":11262,"date":"2021-02-05T13:37:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinglifeblog.ca\/?p=11262"},"modified":"2021-02-05T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:37:34","slug":"australian-open-2021-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.ca\/blog\/australian-open-2021-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2021 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the calendar changed over in January one question was still lingering for so many tennis fans \u2013 what would the Grand Slam season look like in 2021?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon enough we\u2019ll have our answer, as the Australian Open kicks off Feb. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2020 championship was the only one of four Grand Slams that was not impacted in some capacity by COVID-19, since it took place in late January and early February, prior to much of the world shutting down due to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Novak Djokovic and Sofia Kenin were the men\u2019s and women\u2019s champions, respectively. Djokovic defended his title from 2019 and won the tournament for a record-extending eighth time. Kenin, meanwhile, defeated Garbine Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to win her first Grand Slam. In the process she became the youngest American to win a women\u2019s singles title since Serena Williams in 2002. She was named the 2020 WTA Player of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there will be limited fans in attendance Down Under, there will still be much to cheer about and follow along back home in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the first Grand Slam of the year.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CANADIAN CONTINGENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bianca\u2019s back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Way up I feel blessed !! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/backatit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#backatit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rnhKwBYeSG\">pic.twitter.com\/rnhKwBYeSG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bianca (@Bandreescu_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bandreescu_\/status\/1355485402505723906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bianca Andreescu, ranked eighth in the world, hasn\u2019t played a competitive match since suffering a knee injury at the WTA Finals in October 2019. The 20-year-old from Mississaugua, Ont. won the US Open in 2019 but spent the whole of 2020 rehabbing her left knee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, despite the lack of competitive reps (Andreescu is the top-ranked women at the Grampians Trophy, a tune-up for those tennis stars coming out of the quarantine installed by Australia on the athletes arriving for the event), she feels good returning to action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would say the time off was a blessing in disguise. I worked a lot on myself personally,\u201d Andreescu told <em>The Globe and Mail<\/em>. \u201cHonestly the other day I was tearing up with joy because I\u2019m literally getting ready for a tournament that\u2019s actually going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other than Andreescu, the other Canadian women in the Australian Open draw include Rebecca Marino of Vancouver and Leylah Annie Fernandez of Laval, Que.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marino will compete in a Grand Slam for the first time in eight years (she qualified in January in Dubai) while Fernandez made her Grand Slam debut at last year\u2019s Australian Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the men\u2019s side there will be a foursome of Canadians looking to lift the trophy in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal, and Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver are set to participate at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <em>The Canadian Press<\/em>, this will be just the fifth time there are seven or more Canadian players in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles at a Grand Slam in the Open Era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S DRAW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sofia Kenin is defending her maiden Grand Slam title, but in order to do it, she\u2019ll have to charge past a healthy collection of the top tennis stars in the world on the women\u2019s side including a healthy Serena Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time since 2006 Williams did not appear in a Grand Slam final \u2013 due to a combination of an injured Achilles tendon and the pandemic \u2013 but she\u2019s hungry to look for her 24th major title. If she does capture No. 24 that would tie her with Margaret Court\u2019s all-time record (set more than 40 years ago).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever underestimate Serena,\u201d Australian sports commentator Sam Smith told <em>Wide World of Sports Australia <\/em>in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other notable women to keep an eye out on that side of the draw include upstart American Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka, Australian world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, and multi-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MEN\u2019S DRAW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only did Novak Djokovic start the Grand Slam season as the winner in Australia but he ended the year ranked world number one. Djokovic will be the favourite at the Australian Open again, but like Kenin on the women\u2019s side it will be a tough rode back to the Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole\/status\/1356929154835484674\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rafael Nadal \u2013 who captured the 2020 French Open for his record 13th title at Roland Garros \u2013 is looking for his second Australian Open title. He\u2019s lost in the Final in Australia four times to go along with his lone victory. Still, despite hitting 34 years old, there seems to be no slowing down as he\u2019s ranked number two in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other than Djokovic and Nadal (two long-time rivals) other notable men to watch out for at the Australian Open include Dominic Thiem (who won last year\u2019s US Open for his first Grand Slam title, while also reaching the 2020 Australian Open final) and Daniil Medvedev (ranked fourth in the world behind Djokovic, Nadal, and Thiem.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHAT\u2019S DIFFERENT FOR 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first thing of note for the Australian Open in 2021 is the date. It has been postponed by three weeks (into February) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 109th edition of the tournament will feature 30,000 spectators (about half of what is normal capacity) but still a significant number as compared to what sports fans around the world see with hockey, basketball, soccer, or golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time ever qualifying matches took place outside of Australia \u2013 due to coronavirus restrictions \u2013 and all players had to go through a 14-day quarantine prior to playing in a warm-up event before the Australian Open itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Adam Stanley <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the calendar changed over in January one question was still lingering for so many tennis fans \u2013 what would the Grand Slam season&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":11265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[870],"tags":[2821,1391,1393,2825,2820,2823,1397,2822,63,1394],"class_list":["post-11262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-australian-open-2021","tag-bianca-andreescu","tag-denis-shapovalov","tag-felix-auger-aliassime-2","tag-grand-slam","tag-leylah-annie-fernandez","tag-milos-raonic","tag-rebecca-marino","tag-tennis","tag-vasek-pospisil","post-item","post-even"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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