Terrible idea. I'm against it.
The ATP has announced a six-week suspension of the men’s professional tennis tour due to public health & safety concerns over COVID-19.
— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 12, 2020
The virus is still spreading. The season could end up being cancelled.Rafa will play Estoril or Munich surely.
Cant see players having enough practise. nearly every tournament affected, all the warmups affected as in the red zones.
This virus is due to peak in Europe around April/May.
I've seen enough with what's happened in Europe to accept the writing on the wall. 1% of Italy's population could die and its economy is crippled. The EU economy is basically screwed for a couple years.
I know tennis is a high-end sport but it's not like high-end spectators are more likely to risk their health. It's quite the opposite and sponsorships would certainly be affected with economic collapse.
I think best case scenario is the season doing the 3 Slams back to back to back beginning in late August with the USO, moderate scenario the season gets cancelled because late events like Paris and WTF won't make sense going ahead and we start back up with the AO. Worst case scenario is we don't have tennis until Summer of 21. Really worst case is the virus mutates (very possible with number of infections) and there's no tennis for 2-3 years.
There will be no tennis this year. The US Open won't be played. The virus is running roughshod throughout New York. Thousands of people have been infected and it's growing rapidly. The sport is done for 2020 and possibly 2021.
Possibly Andy Murray will be gone too.Makes me wonder. Have we unknowingly seen the last grand slam match of Roger Federer (and possibly Serena Williams)?
Too soon to know for certain, but that's a definite possibility. Fed turns 40 in August, 2021 and if there is a second wave to the virus and no vaccine is found, his career may have ended. He's taking this very seriously and they filmed him giving an announcement to Switzerland to stay inside. He's self isolating with Mirka and the kids (and he says 'no one else') and says he's avoided any contact with any outsider, even his parents, for 3 weeks.Makes me wonder. Have we unknowingly seen the last grand slam match of Roger Federer (and possibly Serena Williams)?
Makes me wonder. Have we unknowingly seen the last grand slam match of Roger Federer (and possibly Serena Williams)?
Too soon to know for certain, but that's a definite possibility. Fed turns 40 in August, 2021 and if there is a second wave to the virus and no vaccine is found, his career may have ended. He's taking this very seriously and they filmed him giving an announcement to Switzerland to stay inside. He's self isolating with Mirka and the kids (and he says 'no one else') and says he's avoided any contact with any outsider, even his parents, for 3 weeks.
Too soon to know for certain, but that's a definite possibility. Fed turns 40 in August, 2021 and if there is a second wave to the virus and no vaccine is found, his career may have ended. He's taking this very seriously and they filmed him giving an announcement to Switzerland to stay inside. He's self isolating with Mirka and the kids (and he says 'no one else') and says he's avoided any contact with any outsider, even his parents, for 3 weeks.
Cant see players having enough practise. nearly every tournament affected, all the warmups affected as in the red zones.
Too soon to know for certain, but that's a definite possibility. Fed turns 40 in August, 2021 and if there is a second wave to the virus and no vaccine is found, his career may have ended. He's taking this very seriously and they filmed him giving an announcement to Switzerland to stay inside. He's self isolating with Mirka and the kids (and he says 'no one else') and says he's avoided any contact with any outsider, even his parents, for 3 weeks.
Thats Nonsens. It will be increasing more and more the rest of the year because the governements want it doing slowly as possible. Now they calculate with 2 years to have a normal situation from medical side again.
Victoria Chiesa /Wednesday, April 01, 2020
"Due to the ongoing global pandemic surrounding COVID-19, the All England Club announced on Wednesday that the 2020 Wimbledon tournament has been canceled." "The 134th Championships will instead be staged from 28 June to 11 July 2021." In conjunction with the cancellation of The Championships, Wimbledon, the ATP World Tour, International Tennis Federation (ITF), and WTA Tour have jointly announced the continued suspension of all of their tennis circuits until July 13, 2020. The ITF suspension includes the junior, wheelchair, senior and beach tennis tours.
"We understand the unique circumstances facing the All England Lawn and Tennis Club and the reasoning behind the decision to cancel the 2020 Wimbledon Championships. At this time, the USTA still plans to host the US Open as scheduled, and we continue to hone plans to stage the tournament.
US Open is still on.
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For now. I'm not holding my breath that it will actually be played as scheduled.
I'm aware of how old Fed is.Ken Rosewall played professional tennis up until the age of 48-49.
Both Laver and Gonzales played well into their 40s.
Federer is only 38.
I'm aware of how old Fed is.
Rosewall, Laver and Gonzales played in a dramatically less physical era. It's apples and oranges. And Rod Laver retired in early 1979 when he was 40, not "well into his 40's." Rosewall was destroyed in most of his matches against stiff competition once he reached 40. He won 6 games in the 1974 Wimbledon final.
Rosewall's era of tennis has nothing remotely to do with the physical demands of the game now, as this will eloquently prove:
Maybe the Olympics have been delayed a year too.
I'm aware of how old Fed is.
Rosewall, Laver and Gonzales played in a dramatically less physical era. It's apples and oranges. And Rod Laver retired in early 1979 when he was 40, not "well into his 40's." Rosewall was destroyed in most of his matches against stiff competition once he reached 40. He won 6 games in the 1974 Wimbledon final.
Rosewall's era of tennis has nothing remotely to do with the physical demands of the game now, as this will eloquently prove: