You have to give the WTA one thing: Not holding a tournament in the week after the Australian Open proves to be a tactical masterpiece. So none of the potential starters can still withdraw. However, one also wonders whether the women may have generally stopped playing: The last "current" article is dated Monday.

For men, on the other hand, there is more going on. Three ATP Tour 250 tournaments are entering the final phase, the most prominent failure (or withdrawal - depending) was that of Dominic Thiem in Cordoba. Next week is the first 500 event of the year. With a clearly cleared field. As already reported, Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner have withdrawn their entry, the Russian probably due to exhaustion, Sinner due to a corona infection, as reported by the Italian website ubitennis.net. Now Gael Monfils has also decided to take a break.

Dominik Koepfer recovers from injury

Dominik Koepfer has not yet fully risen to the spheres of Medvedev and Sinner, but the German national player also has to take a break. Koepfer had already been tormented by an injury at the Australian Open, now it's time for a break.