Former world primary Daniil Medvedev will headline the return of elite males’s tennis to China after a Covid-enforced break of 4 years, organisers mentioned on Wednesday.
The Russian, winner of the US Open in 2021 and a two-time Australian Open runner-up, will play on the ATP Tour’s Zhuhai Championships on September 20-26.
Zhuhai Championships officers have additionally been in “fruitful” talks with different grand-slam champions and top-ranked gamers, the ATP mentioned. More star names can be introduced “imminently”.
Another ATP occasion will happen in Chengdu, within the southwest of China, similtaneously the Zhuhai event.
Those are adopted by the China Open in Beijing beginning in late September, earlier than the distinguished Shanghai Masters in October.
“I’m really looking forward to coming back to China and playing at the Hengqin International Tennis Center,” the 27-year-old Medvedev, now third on the planet, mentioned of his Zhuhai debut.
“I can’t wait to see the city and the stadium, both of which I have heard a lot of good things about.”
Australia’s Alex de Minaur gained the primary version of the competitors in Zhuhai, close to Hong Kong, in 2019.
The ladies’s WTA Tour mentioned earlier this month that it too will return to China this 12 months.
International sport is making a return to the nation after authorities dropped strict journey restrictions imposed due to the pandemic.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
