On heels of discussing Pete Sampras finishing the year at No. 1 for six straight years, what are the most underrated records in tennis? Plus updates on the 2020 U.S. Open, 2021 Australian Open, the cancelled events in China and more.

Hope everyone is safe, sane and masked.

• Our most recent podcast guest, Steve Flink, assesses and reassesses Pete Sampras.

• Next up, Sam Querrey checks in from WTT, and tennis-loving musician Eric Hutchinson.

• Here’s Jason Gay on Regis, a tennis fan now guarding that doubles alley in the sky.

• Reunited; and it feels so gut: Angie Kerber is back with Torben Beltz. He left Donna Vekic months ago; she parted with Didi Kindlmann.

• Here are the plans for the 2021 Australian Open. Be interesting to see if the 14-day quarantine holds or whether athletes—and their entourages!—can get an exemption.

• Here’s my U.S. Open update, subject to change.