Nick Kyrgios calls Adria Tour 'bone-headed'

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Novak Djokovic must 'feel responsibility' at coronavirus at Adria Tour, says Evans

Dan Evans says Novak Djokovic should "feel some responsibility" after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki tested positive for Covid-19 at his Adria Tour event.
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"Boneheaded decision to go ahead with the 'exhibition'," Kyrgios said.

Australian Kyrgios added: "Speedy recovery fellas, but that's what happens when you disregard all protocols. This is not a joke."
 
TripleATeam

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Guy's right. Wondering when he said it because it's easy to critique when everyone else is. Many rightly brought it up beforehand and they should be applauded for their foresight.
 
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Tennease said:
John Millman and Kyrgios are also concerned about US Open being held during this pandemic. Ash Barty too. I'm concerned too. All tennis tournaments should be postponed this year. The disease is getting worse globally.

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It is starting to come out that the USTA really pushed for the US Open to take place for Serena and the record. If that is the case that is completely shameful !
 
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I was just waiting for a moralising heavy weight to express his views.

St Nick for a reason.
 
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"Djokovic's coach and event director Goran Ivanisevic told fans courtside the final was off because of Dimitrov's positive test."

BoomBoom's broom broom and bad poker doesn't seem such a liability now...
 
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Am I doing this right?

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This is the dilemma that every sport is going to face: What do you do when one or more athletes test positive? All of these sports keep trying to restart but everyone wants completely safe. There is never going to be a completely safe. NHL players are testing positive, college football players are testing positive. What happens during the US open or the French Open when a player test positive, are they going to cancel the rest of the event? There are only really 2 options: you push on with sport knowing some are going to test positive and you keep playing or you completely shutdown the sport until a vaccine in available.
 
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TU87 said:
This is the dilemma that every sport is going to face: What do you do when one or more athletes test positive? All of these sports keep trying to restart but everyone wants completely safe. There is never going to be a completely safe. NHL players are testing positive, college football players are testing positive. What happens during the US open or the French Open when a player test positive, are they going to cancel the rest of the event? There are only really 2 options: you push on with sport knowing some are going to test positive and you keep playing or you completely shutdown the sport until a vaccine in available.
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Good post!
 
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TU87 said:
This is the dilemma that every sport is going to face: What do you do when one or more athletes test positive? All of these sports keep trying to restart but everyone wants completely safe. There is never going to be a completely safe. NHL players are testing positive, college football players are testing positive. What happens during the US open or the French Open when a player test positive, are they going to cancel the rest of the event? There are only really 2 options: you push on with sport knowing some are going to test positive and you keep playing or you completely shutdown the sport until a vaccine in available.
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yes and no.
I am sure athletes want to compete, even during these times, so I am sure that they will easily sign any kind of waiver taking the responsibility away from the organizers.

the discussion goes around the reckless ignorance of any kind of safety measures:
- lack of social distancing
- hand shacking
- partying like there is nothing happening worldwide
- etc.,

but I guess it's good that it went this way.
So now the official tournaments will consider twice before going reckless.
 
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TU87 said:
This is the dilemma that every sport is going to face: What do you do when one or more athletes test positive? All of these sports keep trying to restart but everyone wants completely safe. There is never going to be a completely safe. NHL players are testing positive, college football players are testing positive. What happens during the US open or the French Open when a player test positive, are they going to cancel the rest of the event? There are only really 2 options: you push on with sport knowing some are going to test positive and you keep playing or you completely shutdown the sport until a vaccine in available.
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Bingo. This is the real question here? If they think that everything will be ok and smooth, even with all the restrictive protocols in place, they are for a rude awakening.
 
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blablavla said:
yes and no.
I am sure athletes want to compete, even during these times, so I am sure that they will easily sign any kind of waiver taking the responsibility away from the organizers.

the discussion goes around the reckless ignorance of any kind of safety measures:
- lack of social distancing
- hand shacking
- partying like there is nothing happening worldwide
- etc.,

but I guess it's good that it went this way.
So now the official tournaments will consider twice before going reckless.
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Question is was Dimitrov exposed because of the tournament or just living his normal day to day life?
 
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TU87 said:
Question is was Dimitrov exposed because of the tournament or just living his normal day to day life?
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I think this doesn't matter per se.
what matters in this case, there was 1 person who got the virus, and it might happen that due to ignorance of protocols many others either got it, or are at risk of getting it.

sure, not having the players party = no fun
playing without linespeople, but with automated in/out detection = no fun for some
playing with empty stands, or say 25% of capacity = not so much fun
taking care of your own towel = might feel like middle age for some players

but there is a pandemic around, this is why exceptional times demand exceptional solutions
 
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We all know Grigor and Borna tested positive because their off the court game is strong. Possible they got it from women they were with.
 
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like most, probably asymptomatic.
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I see I hope all of them recover soon.
Also I read that Zverev, Rublev and Cilic tested negative and will self-isolate for 14 days then wth is Thiem doing in France continuing to play that exo instead of quarantining like them?!:rolleyes:
 
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Aussie Darcy said:
And to think how much abuse I got in here back in April and May when I said the year was done and something like this would happen and people laughed saying this virus was nothing.

Idiots.
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The problem is predictions. If everyone makes predictions, some of them are going to turn out right. The only thing I ever claimed was solid is watching the numbers. You have to watch the numbers in each country. The biggest factors to watch are deaths, how many per day, and deaths per capita. When they go up, it's bad. When they stay level, it's a start. When they go down, it's good news.

Then you have to watch out for the lag because of the time it takes for people to get infected, then hit the worst of it (death, peak of illness), and also to show up on lists (lag between deaths and when they are officially recorded.

In places with a vigorous free press we can compare pretty well. If Australia is telling the truth - I see no reason not to thing so - then I would feel pretty safe in Australia with a total of 102 deaths reported the whole time, total. There are over 300 in my county.
 
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I've read about dozens of players saying the same sort of thing. Now Kyrgios says the same thing and we should make a thread about it? Why does Kyrgios get celebrated here like some modern day genius?
 
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First time I've agreed with Nick on anything I think, but in general @merwy makes a good point. Lots of players are saying or thinking this. We don't need a specific thread for Nick.
 
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TU87 said:
This is the dilemma that every sport is going to face: What do you do when one or more athletes test positive? All of these sports keep trying to restart but everyone wants completely safe. There is never going to be a completely safe. NHL players are testing positive, college football players are testing positive. What happens during the US open or the French Open when a player test positive, are they going to cancel the rest of the event? There are only really 2 options: you push on with sport knowing some are going to test positive and you keep playing or you completely shutdown the sport until a vaccine in available.
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Imagine a player testing positive right before the final.
 
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I'm starting to believe this east vs west insecurity Nole has tbh or the fact that he tried to one-up Federer with Adria Tour cuz Laver Cup got cancelled, think he tried to be a big man like "yeah I can do it too you know" kind of thing but ****ed up.

Don't really see any other reason for this tour in the first place.
 
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Sephiroth said:
I'm starting to believe this east vs west insecurity Nole has tbh or the fact that he tried to one-up Federer with Adria Tour cuz Laver Cup got cancelled, think he tried to be a big man like "yeah I can do it too you know" kind of thing but ****ed up.

Don't really see any other reason for this tour in the first place.
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Personally, I think it was kind of an ego thing for Novak, but how stupid do you have to be to try to organize something like this in the middle of a pandemic? It shows a complete lack of foresight, and frankly, common sense.
 
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Russeljones said:
www.bbc.com

Novak Djokovic must 'feel responsibility' at coronavirus at Adria Tour, says Evans

Dan Evans says Novak Djokovic should "feel some responsibility" after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki tested positive for Covid-19 at his Adria Tour event.
www.bbc.com

"Boneheaded decision to go ahead with the 'exhibition'," Kyrgios said.

Australian Kyrgios added: "Speedy recovery fellas, but that's what happens when you disregard all protocols. This is not a joke."
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