As well as ATP action taking place between January 29 - February 4, the new adorned WTA 500 in the form of the Upper Austria Ladies’ Linz will also take place in Austria.
A tournament that has suffered due to its proximity to the Australian Open, many of the top names have decided against playing the tournament and in the case of Marketa Vondrousova, she simply withdrew with injury issues continuing.
Still though, Jelena Ostapenko, Angelique Kerber and current champion, Anastasia Potapova are among the assembled field. As well as them, Dayana Yastremska is also involved after her run to the Australian Open semi-finals. Tired and exhausted, she still managed to hot foot it back to Europe. That is commitment right there.