The world's first Barty doubts the US Open

"I have concerns. I understand that tournaments should be held anyway, but safety is paramount. I can't wait to compete, but first I want to make sure we're safe with my staff. coronavirus situation, ”said Australian defending champion Roland Garros.

The international tennis season stopped in March due to the coronavirus epidemic and could resume in late July at the earliest. For the time being, the US Open, scheduled for August 31, seems so certain that the match will be held behind closed gates. Based on recent ideas, players arriving for training would not be able to use the locker rooms, but would return to a hotel near the airport immediately after training. They couldn’t leave this during the tournament, nor could they travel to Manhattan. If male tennis players so request, their matches may only last up to two winning sets. Meetings would favor falconry technology, fewer line judges would work on the tracks, and only adult ball pickers would be employed.

The players would be "gathered" in Paris, Vienna, Frankfurt, Buenos Aires and Dubai and then - in the event of a negative virus test - transported to New York by charter flights. At the site in the Queens district, I would then check their body temperature daily and test them.

Among the best, world first Novak Djokovic and second Rafael Nadal have already indicated that they are unlikely to start at the US Open due to extremely strict precautions.

For the time being, however, it is also uncertain whether enough tennis players will gather in New York due to differing quarantine measures and whether they will have 14 days of isolation in advance. The East Coast metropolis is one of the largest focal points of the epidemic in the United States.

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