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Wimbledon canceled? The president of the FFT takes it for his rank

2020-03-30T08:03:43.344Z


While a meeting will be held Wednesday to decide whether to continue Wimbledon, the tournament will not take place this year according to the president of the German tennis federation. Dirk Hordorff took the opportunity to strongly criticize his French counterpart on the postponement of Roland-Garros.


Will Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep have successors at the Wimbledon Center Court this year? The question is asked more and more every day, and everything unfortunately indicates that the answer is likely to be negative. Planned from June 29 to July 12, the London Grand Slam faces, like all other tournaments, the epidemic of coronavirus questioning its maintenance, especially since a postponement does not seem envisaged because of the conditions necessary to play on grass. In this Monday's Team , the president of the German Tennis Federation was adamant that the tournament will not take place.

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The grass tournaments have already decided not to play. They await the announcement of Wimbledon on Wednesday. These are not rumors: they will announce the cancellation. This is probably the only possible decision. Not a report. We can possibly play Roland-Garros in September or October, not Wimbledon because of the grass which would be too wet. And then, you know, there is talk of replaying in October, but we are not certain either "explains Dirk Hordorff, who did not fail in the same interview to scratch Bernard Giudicelli on the report of Roland- Garros, which he judges to be " not acceptable ".

"What President Bernard Giudicelli did was disgusting"

Dirk Hordorff

Imagine, Wimbledon and the US Open came together with the ATP to make a joint statement against the French actions. Nobody is against Roland-Garros, it's a fantastic and very important tournament. If there is a chance he can play, everyone will be happy. But the way they advertise it, the lack of qualifications, the dates ... It doesn't work like that! If we start operating like that, tennis is dead, ”added the president of the German Tennis Federation. He finished by taking himself directly from the president of the FFT. What President Bernard Giudicelli did was disgusting. For tennis, for France. "

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His statement about the cancellation of Wimbledon is in any case clear, and comes as the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is scheduled to meet during the week. " The AELTC can confirm that it is continuing a detailed assessment of all the scenarios for The Championships 2020, including postponement and cancellation, following the COVID-19 epidemic " Wimbledon said on Wednesday on its official site. For Dirk Hordorff, the outcome of this meeting is already in no doubt ...

The AELTC is continuing a detailed evaluation of all scenarios for The Championships 2020, including postponement and cancellation, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.https: //t.co/BjlPiyuTtf

- Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) March 25, 2020

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