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Tennis: without international competitions, life is organized differently

2020-05-24T08:00:15.758Z


To make up for the lack of major international competitions, which have stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic, and while Roland-Garros


While Roland-Garros was to start this Sunday (and may be held in the fall) and pending an official resumption date - professional tennis is currently stopped until August 3 - a world Parallel is organized to fill the lack of game and stake. At odds with the life of the circuit, punctuated by long trips and multiple stamps on passports, the adventure now begins at home. Or almost.

On TV and without audiences

To compensate for the closure of borders and movement restrictions, local initiatives have multiplied in recent weeks. The first European exhibition took place in Germany on May 1. On the other side of the Atlantic, the UTR Pro Match Series opened the ball with matches played in private residences in Florida. This weekend, Alison Riske (19th in the WTA ranking), Amanda Anisimova, (28th), Danielle Collins (51st) and Ajla Tomljanović (56th) are fighting in West Palm Beach before the cameras but out of sight.

Mid-June, Patrick Mouratoglou will welcome in his academy of Sophia Antipolis the first stage of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown with Pouille, Fognini, Goffin and probably Tsitsipas and Auger-Aliassime, who are already preparing in the south of France since the deconfinement . A concept that the coach of Serena Williams wants to anchor in the long term in addition to traditional tournaments, with a short format (sets in four games, no advantage…).

End of abstinence for Nadal

"There are too many rules in tennis," he said. The players will have microphones and can say what they want: the public, at home in front of the TV, will hear everything… ”Because behind closed doors requires, there will obviously be no spectator at the edge of the courts. For a few months, fans risk being reduced to watching these “super training sessions” held under draconian health security conditions and broadcast from deserted enclosures.

In Spain, a series of televised tournaments will start on July 10 in Lleida, Catalonia, before continuing in Madrid, Alicante or Seville. Rafael Nadal, who will not be celebrating his 34th birthday at Roland Garros on June 3, has just taken up the racket after two months of abstinence in his academy in the Balearic Islands, should be there. Meanwhile, his friend from the Big Three Novak Djokovic will set foot in the Balkans.

Djoko on tour in the Balkans, Federer stays at home

The Serb, who confined himself to the sun of Marbella, will organize between June 13 and July 5 the Adria Tour in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia. He will compete in all stages, including the first in Belgrade, and will be joined, among others, by Dominic Thiem and Grigor Dimitrov. The money raised will go to humanitarian projects. Austria has also set up a test, Great Britain will restore national championships that have fallen into disuse ...

In short, like food, priority to local trade. With a climax for Roger Federer, who intends, for the moment, to stay squarely at home. “The recovery is still far away, blew the Swiss, 39, operated on his right knee in February and who should have made his comeback at the approach of Wimbledon (outright canceled this year). I don't train because I don't see the point of it. I don't miss the circuit so much. I will feel it when I am about to resume competition and have a goal to train. I will be very motivated. »The world n ° 4 still has some time…

Source: leparis

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