The week before the Grand Slam means that a lot of players will rest and time their form to the event. However, this year we still have three tournaments in action and all of them start and finish already on Saturday.
Tennis Week 21/2021
ATP 250 Emilia Romagna Open
Place: Parma, Italy
May 22 – May 29
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Financial Commitment: $541 800
Draw size: 28
We will see two players who take the Roma tournament two weeks ago by a storm. Sonego played exceptionally well and finished his route in the semifinal against Djokovic.
Who to watch: Sonego, Paire, Harris
Our worth the money call: Sonego
ATP 250 Belgrade Open
Place: Belgrade, Serbia
May 22 – May 29
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Financial Commitment: $511 000
Draw size: 28
At the time of writing this post, Novak Djokovic was still on the entry list. It is hard to not play in your home country.
If he will play, he will win. If not I see Basilashvili making a good run again.
Who to watch: Djokovic, Monfils, Basilashvili
Our worth the money call: Djokovic
WTA 250 Internationaux de Strasbourg
Place: Strassbourg, France
May 23 – May 29
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Financial Commitment: $235 238
Draw size: 32
Even a week before the French Open, Bianca Andreescu, number 7 in WTA ranking, took a chance to play the tournament. Except for her, Podoroska, Ostapenko, or Mladenovic will play too.
It seems this tournament can offer quite good tennis.
Who to watch: Putintseva, Andreescu, Podoroska, Ostapenko
Our worth the money call: Ostapenko
Extra: French Open Qualifying
May 24 – May 28
There are 16 spots in the main singles draw available for Men and Ladies. There are 128 participants for both qualifying draws.
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Next Week (22-23/2021) Schedule:
French Open at Roland Garros, Paris, France
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