Australian Open: Bouchard, Babos, Bellis - a lot of celebrities in the qualifying field
At the qualifying tournament for the Australian Open 2021 in Dubai, there are some very prominent players at the start. Above all Eugenie Bouchard and Timea Babos.
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last edit: Dec 31, 2020, 02:45 pm
Of course, Timea Babos has her place in the double tableau firmly in hand at the Australian Open 2021. Strictly speaking, the Hungarian will enter the race alongside Kristina Mladenovic as a big pair of favorites: Babos / Mladenovic won the title in the first major of the year in both 2018 and early 2020, but in 2019 they only failed in the final.
While she is in fourth place in the double world rankings, the 27-year-old Babos is only 115th in the singles. That means: off to Dubai. Because the last places for the main field at the Australian Open will be awarded there from January 10th. Timea Babos would like one.
Eugenie Bouchard was even further away from direct qualification, after all already a Wimbledon finalist with a career high of fifth. Bouchard, now looked after by Rennae Stubbs, has also called for the qualifying competition in Dubai. By the way, in 2014 Bouchard was already in the semi-finals in Melbourne. In the main field.
The US American Catherine "Cici" Bellis deserves attention in the international arena, who has not yet made it back to the top of the world after her long injury. The same applies to Mihaela Buzarnescu from Romania, who was already in 20th place. Or Tsvetana Pironkova, who last put in a strong round at the US Open, only failed in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams.