As most New Zealand tennis fans will be aware, the old Robinson Stand at Stanley Street was demolished after the 2025 ASB Classic as the first stage of the planned redevelopment which will eventually see a roof over the Centre Court. Unfortunately the temporary stand which has been put in place has no media or commentary boxes like the one I was able to use in the old stand last year, nor do I have access to anywhere else that I could park my laptop. That means I won’t be able to update the website during each day’s play, as it’s far too fiddly to try doing so on my phone, so I will have to do it when I get home.
Luckily for us, only a few New Zealand players are scheduled to compete in the coming week – four that I know of at the ASB Classic (plus doubles wild cards), plus three who have entered ITF tournaments in widely-scattered parts of the world – Isabella Harvison in Monastir, Valentina Ivanov in Oslo and Reece Falck in Winston-Salem in North Carolina. I should be able to update those three, at least, as soon as their results are through.
Finn Reynolds and James Watt are playing in an ATP Challenger tournament in Nouméa, while Cameron Norrie is at the combined ATP/WTA tournament in Brisbane. As both these events are in time zones which are close to New Zealand’s, I will have the same restrictions on publishing results as those from Auckland.