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The US Open Now Has a Tournament Before the Tournament

Mixed doubles is played over three days in the week before the singles begin, with sets to four games and a draw of sixteen. Year two adds qualifying, which is a quiet admission about year one.

Aug 16, 2026/3 min read

The Diary

  1. 30 Aug – 11 DecOn now

    Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

    The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

    Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

  2. 1 Sep – 12 OctOn now

    Europe and Saudi Arabia

    Europe Shuts Its Transfer Window on 1 September. Saudi Arabia Keeps Buying Until October

    The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A close on 1 September. The Saudi Pro League stays open until 12 October. Those six weeks are the most important structural fact in this transfer market.

  3. 4 Sep – 23 MayOn now

    England

    The Women's Super League Adds Two Clubs and Finds Out What Expansion Costs

    Fourteen teams instead of twelve, a season running from 4 September to 23 May, and twenty-six league games where there were twenty-two. Growing a league is easier than filling it.

  4. 29 SepIn 5 days

    Bahrain and Kuala Lumpur

    The Gulf's Autumn Route Map Is Being Redrawn Toward Asia and Russia

    Gulf Air returns to Kuala Lumpur on 29 September, Riyadh Air adds London and Dubai, Sharjah gets a Gatwick link, and flynas is flying to St Petersburg and Sochi behind a new visa arrangement.

  5. 2–5 NovIn 6 weeks

    Abu Dhabi

    ADIPEC Still Runs on Oil, Whatever the Programme Says

    Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.

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