Although the attention of tennis fans (and also the organizers of the European indoor tournaments) is currently more the rescheduling of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells in October this year, it must also be reported that the short history of the ATP -Tour 250 tournament of New York, which was held at the Nassau Colisseum on Long Island, has already come to an end. Instead, an event of the same category will be held in Dallas from the coming season. So in a city where the very big tennis station made its way back in the 1970s and 1980s.

At that time, the World Championships of Tennis were being held in Texas, the final of a tournament series that competed with the still young ATP Tour. The world's elite met at the invitation of billionaire Lamar Hunt, most recently in 1989, when John McEnroe won the title in the final against Brad Gilbert. As the list of winners of the event had to hide from anyone else in the tennis world anyway: In 1988, for example, the Wimbledon final between Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg was reissued in Dallas, and Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl also won the tournament at least once.

Of course, a comparable prominent cast cannot be assumed at the beginning of 2022. February is the time for the aces to lick the wounds of the Australian Open - or to set new goals after a successful Grand Slam start in Melbourne. Ultimately, the New York Open, which is now being relocated to Dallas, also suffered from this.