The Australian Open, the ATP, and the WTA have announced the calendar of the first few weeks of the day. There was a bit of a surprise learning that there was a new tournament in Antalya (ATP250) that will be staged at the beginning of January alongside another ATP250 in Delray Beach. The US tournament is expected to have a glorious line-up for its category since many top players are used to train in Florida. Nevertheless, there were some question marks about the possibility of the ATP250 in Turkey to attract a decent pool of players.
ANTALYA LINE-UP
According to reports, the good news is that the organization in Antalya managed to secure a rather decent line-up with the presence of the likes of Jannik Sinner, Fabio Fognini, David Goffin, and Benoit Paire to name some.
Expected to start their new season in Antalya:
Fabio Fognini 🇮🇹
Jannik Sinner 🇮🇹
David Goffin 🇧🇪
Benoit Paire 🇫🇷
Alex de Minaur 🇦🇺
Borna Coric đź‡đź‡·
Jan-Lennard Struff 🇩🇪— Luca Fiorino (@FiorinoLuca) December 19, 2020
Jannik Sinner in 2020
Currently the world no.37 (career-high), Jannik played his last match on the 14th of November when he beat Vasek Pospisil 6-4 3-6 7-63 in the final in Sofia to win his 1st career title.
Currently, during this season Sinner achieved a compiled 20-14 win-loss record. This year, Sinner conquered 1 title in Sofia.
Fabio Fognini in 2020
At the moment ranked no.17, the Italian played his last match on the 28th of September when he lost to Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5 3-6 7-61 6-0 in the 1st round of the French Open (draw).
Jannik Sinner and Fabio Fognini have never squared off.
David Goffin in 2020
Ranked world no.15, Goffin played his last match on the 3rd of November when he was defeated by Norbert Gombos 6-4 7-66 in the 2nd round in Paris (draw).
David Goffin’s most significant result of the present season was getting to the semifinal in Montpellier.
Benoit Paire in 2020
Currently ranked no.28, Benoit played his last match on the 29th of October when he lost to Mikhail Kukushkin 6-74 7-62 6-1 in the 2nd round in Nur (draw).
Benoit Paire’s best result of this season was getting to the final in Auckland.
David Goffin and Benoit Paire played each other 7 times. The head to head is 4-3 for Goffin. Previously, the last time when they played, David Goffin won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Marseille (Open 13 Provence) in February 2019.
