Making a big push for Singapore tennis
Successful hosting of the ATP 250 event in February gives hope that spectators can return to live events in greater numbers soon
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WHEN Singapore's sports authorities were offered the chance to host a men's professional tennis tournament in February, they thought hard about it and decided - quickly - that they could pull it off.
Time was of the essence. There was just a month to prepare for the start of the ATP 250 indoor hard-court event, which would later be named the Singapore Tennis Open, with a prize purse of US$300,000.
The tournament, held at the OCBC Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang from Feb 22-28, was won by Australian Alexei Popyrin after he defeated Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in a thrilling three-set final.
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