Dallas fans of Venus Williams will not get to see her play personally next month after all. The tennis icon has actually withdrawn from the Dallas Open’s inaugural Women’s Tennis Classic Showcase due to injury, organizers revealed January 20.
Williams’ challenger, Danielle Collins, likewise backed out due to a scheduling dispute, they stated.
But the match is still occurring, and it will still star 2 top-ranked American gamers: Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens.
According to a release, previous U.S. Open finalist Keys and previous U.S. Open champ Stephens will go head-to-head in the Women’s Tennis Classic on Saturday, February 4, at 7 pm.
They will play a three-set songs match and likewise (in a brand-new twist) a set of doubles including 2 of the SMU Women’s Tennis gamers. The Women’s Classic will start the 2023 Dallas Open, happening February 4-12 at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex at SMU.
Some statistics about the 2 brand-new challengers, sent out from the organizers: Keys and Stephens have actually integrated to win 13 songs titles in their professions, having actually taken on 7 times in expert competitors, with Stephens holding a 5-2 edge. Their songs match at the Women’s Tennis Classic will be a rematch of the 2017 U.S. Open Final, in which Stephens topped Keys, 6-3, 6-0. Stephens is presently rankedNo 36 worldwide while Keys, a 2022 Australian Open semifinalist, is presently rankedNo 13. Both ladies have actually reached the quarterfinals-or-better in each of the 4 Grand Slams throughout their professions.
” I enjoy betting Sloane,” stated Keys in a declaration. “We are friends and constantly have some incredible matches versus each other. Looking forward to another competitive match at the Women’s Tennis Classic.”
Added Stephens, “I’m delighted to be a part of the Women’s Tennis Classic at theDallas Open It’s an honor to share the court with a fantastic pal and rival like Madison, together with the SMU professional athletes.”
Williams’ withdrawal, while frustrating, didn’t come as a total shock: The 42-year-old had just recently withdrawn from the Australian Open (presently happening in Melbourne) due to and concealed injury she sustained throughout a competition in Auckland, New Zealand.
Stephens lost in the preliminary of the Australian Open, while Collins and Keys lost in the 3rd round.
Premium seating, private session, and weeklong tickets that consist of the ladies’s match are on sale now and offered atdallasopen.com
Dallas-Fort Worth remains in the middle of some tennis eagerness: The 2022 Dallas Open last February marked the return of ATP Tour level tennis to Dallas for the very first time in more than thirty years. (It included over 60 world-class ATP Tour males’s experts and was telecasted worldwide to more than 100 nations.)
In fall 2022, the Women’s Tennis Association finals were held at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena, the very first time they ‘d occurred in the United States considering that 2005. Caroline Garcia of France took home the sought after ladies’s songs prize.
