Lucky me, one tennis tournament ends and the other starts. Too bad I don't have that much time to watch everything I'd like. 

ATP Cup has finished and Australian Open 2020 has started, with all the good players of the world present at the event. 

![australian-open-2020-1.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/Qmc1VSzNEm68fbjwS2BZS8M9xnRHBhZiNkH4ePxdKaiSau)
[source](https://www.fanatik.ro/live-blog-australian-open-2020-19138877)

I'm not sure who I'll get to see playing but I know five Romanian players are going to play tomorrow, Ana Bogdan, Monica Niculescu, Laura Paar și Gabriela Ruse and Marius Copil. I'm not familiar with any of them, so it'll be nice to see at least one match. The problem is the difference between time zones, plus I don't think every match is going to be aired. Important players get the most of screen time, the rest won't. I guess I'm going to check the schedule from time to time and maybe I get lucky. 

I'm worried about the air quality. There were talks about this and if the situation gets critical, matches could be suspended or postponed.

>While the three main courts at the Australian Open are fitted with a retractable roof, the tournament used 12 outdoor courts last year.
On Tuesday, Slovenia's Dalila Jakupovic collapsed at Melbourne Park during her qualifying match against Switzerland's Stefanie Vögele with a coughing fit and was subsequently forced to retire. [source](https://www.newsweek.com/australian-open-all-you-need-know-preview-1480626?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1579184655)

This is concerning as it wasn't the only incident. training sessions were interrupted and will be in the next days I believe. Most of the trainings and some of the qualifying matches will be played outside and basically it's impossible to avoid inhaling bad air. 

I don't envy players. I've been posting about this, when the most important ingredient to your success is taken away from you, you can't give  100%.

It's way to early to predict the winner but I have my favorites. Actually I have two, no 1 is Djokovic and the other is Federer. Nadal is no on my list and hope to avoid watching his matches, unless he's playing with the two mentioned above. I'd like to see Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas play.

Women are still in the air. I am not rooting for Serena Williams, sorry Serena but not this time, however you still need to do well. Simona Halep is my compatriot and hope she's going to do well but I don't think she's going to win. Maria Sharapova will be playing as well but she's not on my list after the Meldonium case. I guess we'll see who's going to be good enough to win.