Adria Tour: Djokovic finds the courts and the public

If the vagueness persists on the official resumption of the circuit in early August, and if the holding of the US Open in New York causes debate among the players, lovers of the little yellow ball will finally be able to watch high level tennis this week weekend. A small clearing as the fog persists on a tennis season suspended since the beginning of March, due to the coronavirus pandemic. If the UTS, launched by Patrick Mouratoglou will fight behind closed doors in its academy, the Adria Tour will take place in front of (a little) the public. "I hope that we can, respecting the rules in force, welcome the public," wished the player-organizer, Novak Djokovic in a press conference. The wishes of the world number one have been granted. It must be said that the Balkan countries were fairly spared by the Covid-19 pandemic with 650 deaths recorded among 22 million inhabitants ... For the first weekend in Serbia in Belgrade, 1000 tickets would have been sold in seven minutes for a stadium with a capacity of 4,000 seats. Nothing surprising in terms of seat prices (800 Serbian dinars, barely 7 euros)…

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First 1,000 tickets for the charity sports event "Adria Tour" have been sold out in seven record minutes! ⠀ According to the company Ticket Vision, which was officially selling the tickets on their website and at box offices, the public interest for the tournament, which will be held in Belgrade from June 12th to 14th, was incredible. ⠀ For all those who did not manage to get the tickets, we have good news - we have decided to release another 1,000 tickets on Friday, while respecting the recommended measures of safety and appropriate social distance of at least one meter between spectators. ⠀ *** ⠀ Prvih 1.000 ulaznica za humanitarni sportski događaj "Adria Tour", koliko je danas pušteno u prodaju, rasprodatо je za rekordnih sedam minuta! ⠀ Prema podacima kompanije Ticket Vision, na čijem sajtu i blagajnama su se mogle nabaviti karte, interesovanje za turnir u Beogradu od 12. do 14. juna je bilo nezapamćeno. ⠀ Za sve one koji nisu uspeli da dođu do željenih karata imamo lepu vest - u petak puštamo u prodaju još 1.000 ulaznica, naravno uz poštovanje mera bezbednosti i preporuka o udaljenosti od minimum jednog metraed. ⠀

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The Adria Tour will thus be played in the Balkans from June 13 to July 5 on clay. This tour will start in Belgrade, Serbia, then go through Croatia to Zadar (June 20 and 21), Montenegro (June 27 and 28) and will end in Bosnia and Herzegovina (July 5). With stars, in addition to the best player in the world, the Austrian Dominic Thiem, the world number three, the German Alexander Zverev, 7th ATP ranking, the Croats Borna Coric and Marin Cilic, or the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. The eight participants will be divided into two pools of four. The first two from each pool will play the final. Matches will be played in two won sets, each in four games. All matches will be televised on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport Player . The money collected through this test will be donated to various charitable organizations. 'Nole' has already announced that 50,000 euros have been paid to a Serbian association selected by the foundation of the Serbian player. The world number 1 also revealed that Jelena Jankovic would share the short with him during a double in Belgrade. The 35-year-old Serb has not played in competition since the US Open 2017.

“This Adria Tour very seriously and I will be keen to give the best of myself. "

Djokovic, who will participate in all the events of this Balkan tour, said that he had trained throughout his confinement in Spain. “I had a tennis court so I could train every day. I did not announce it so as not to anger other players. I worked on hard ground. Today I feel good, I can tell you that I even worked a lot. As we don't know when we are going to replay on the classic circuit, I can tell you that I take this Adria Tour very seriously and I will be keen to give the best of myself. ”. Competition can (already) tremble…

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