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2021 US Open
ATP Tour & WTA Tour
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
New York City, USA
30 August - 12 September 2021
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2021 US Open is set to take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center between 30 August and 12 September.
This will be the 141st edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year.
It will also be the first Grand Slam tournament since the 1997 Australian Open not to feature Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, or Venus Williams in the main singles draw.
The tournament is played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface.
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Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka are the men's and women's singles defending champions having won last year's titles.
However, Thiem, who is one of the best male tennis players in the world at the moment, has withdrawn from this year's tournament due to a wrist injury.
Top-class players such as Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev will be eyeing Thiem's men's singles crown.
Osaka will be determined to retain her women's singles crown, but Ashleigh Barty, Aryna Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina, Bianca Andreescu, and Iga Świątek are among the top female stars who will compete in New York.
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Osaka's decision not to appear in front of the media at the French Open due to mental health concerns and there was a debate about how press conferences would be approached at future tennis Grand Slams.
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However, US Open's tournament director Stacey Allaster has made it clear that press conferences will be mandatory during the tournament.
"That the players are available to talk to the media is very important for our fans," Allaster said.
"There will be no change to our protocols, and they will be applied in the same fashion to all players. But there will be flexibility given in respect of the athletes' health. We've done this in the past.
"When a player has an injury or can't physically attend, there is a medical evaluation and the doctors take the decision."
2020 US Open men's singles final
Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev
2020 US Open women's singles final
Naomi Osaka defeated Victoria Azarenka
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