Clay season gets tougher. After a first warm-up week, we are moving right to Monte Carlo for ATP 1000 tournament.
Tennis Week 15/2021
ATP 1000 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters
Place: Monte-Carlo, Monaco
April 11 – April 19
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Financial Commitment: $2 460 585
Draw size: 56
Except for Roger Federer and Dominic Thiem, eight of ATP TOP 10 will be in Monaco this week. That means, that Nadal and Djokovic will be the top seed with Schwartzman, Zverev, Rublev, and Tsitsipas waiting behind to surprise everyone.
Who to watch: Djokovic, Nadal, Medvedev, Schwartzman, Zverev, Rublev, Tsitsipas, Berrettini
Our worth the money call: Karatsev
WTA 250 MUSC HEALTH WOMEN’S OPEN
Place: Charleston, USA
April 12 – April 18
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Financial Commitment: $235 238
Draw size: 32
Charleston is the center of ladies’ tennis for two weeks in a row. The second tournament is WTA 250 level and Gauff, Keys, Anisimova, Putintseva, and Stephens will star there.
Much will depend on the outcome of the WTA 500 played week before, but I again would like to emphasize the potential of Clara Tauson.
Who to watch: Gauff, Putintseva, Jabeur
Our worth the money call: Tauson
BILLIE JEAN KING CUP PLAY-OFFS
April 16 – April 17
Poland – Brazil (players to watch: Linette)
Great Britain – Mexico (players to watch: Watson)
Serbia – Canada (players to watch: Fernandez)
Latvia – India (players to watch: Ostapenko)
Ukraine – Japan (players to watch: Svitolina)
Romania – Italy (players to watch: Halep)
Argentina – Kazakhstan (players to watch: Podoroska)
Netherlands – China (players to watch: Bertens)
Winning teams will play Qualifiers in 2022.
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Next Week (16/2021) Schedule:
ATP 500 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
ATP 250 Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia
WTA 500 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany
WTA 250 TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship, Istanbul, Turkey
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