USO at Indian Wells?

[Lleytonstation]

I think the USO will announce on Monday that they are playing, but if they can't...

We all know USO could be held at Indian Wells facility in November, and they could use the financial boost as well. Is this something that would be logistically or financially plausible?

Would you rather they play the clay season and then end the season? Or would you want to see the FO followed by the USO?

No need for these ticky tacky end of the year masters when you could have a slam. Plus, no need for ATP finals.

Thoughts?

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Isn’t California in lockdown all summer? It’s not happening there

 

[Lleytonstation]

Isn’t California in lockdown all summer? It’s not happening there

Well... way to hamper that idea... too late to change thread to Miami?

 

[Clay lover]

USO at Indian Wells or Miami = Auto Djokovic win if he goes

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Well... way to hamper that idea... too late to change thread to Miami?

I want it to be played but was under the impression from my limited reading (one can only stomach so much about the stupid virus) California was pretty well placed in the struggle boat.

Then again, I heard the same about other states that I now have friends returning to work in, so who knows.

 

[Lleytonstation]

USO at Indian Wells or Miami = Auto Djokovic win if he goes

Yep, bad idea for sure now.

 

[ForehandCross]

Imagine Djokovic playing Rafael at Miami or IW, it will be worden than AO 2019

 

[tennistiger]

Nobody realized? There will be no Grand Slam this year !!!! A second peak is coming because of the new Peking problem.... that will travel around the world again...

 

[Hitman]

A tennis event in IW in August? LOL - Have you been to the desert during that time? I'm from southern California, trust me, you don't want to be there being competitive sports at that time.

 

[Lleytonstation]

A tennis event in IW in August? LOL - Have you been to the desert during that time? I'm from southern California, trust me, you don't want to be there being competitive sports at that time.

November. It is great during that time.

 

[Hitman]

November. It is great during that time.

November is nice time there, however doubt they would have it due to the lower positioning of the sun, the longer shadows across the courts and the fact the temperature plummets when the sun goes down.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

November is nice time there, however doubt they would have it due to the lower positioning of the sun, the longer shadows across the courts and the fact the temperature plummets when the sun goes down.

Fed would win then if healthy

 

[Hitman]

Fed would win then if healthy

Of course...

No altitude for Fed to take advantage of. Djokovic would do some serious damage though.

 

[Lleytonstation]

November is nice time there, however doubt they would have it due to the lower positioning of the sun, the longer shadows across the courts and the fact the temperature plummets when the sun goes down.

Forgot about the temperature plummet, it would be freezing. Maybe have a 96 draw will be better?

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Of course...

No altitude for Fed to take advantage of. Djokovic would do some serious damage though.

"The snow is clay court slow, this isn't a real slam" - TTW

 

[Hitman]

Forgot about the temperature plummet, it would be freezing. Maybe have a 96 draw will be better?

Haha...

 

[ForehandRF]

November is nice time there, however doubt they would have it due to the lower positioning of the sun, the longer shadows across the courts and the fact the temperature plummets when the sun goes down.

How about october ?

 

[Hitman]

How about october ?

It's better than November for sure out there. There is still US daylight savings, so that would certainly help also.

 

[Lleytonstation]

How about october ?

Or September 20 to October 4. See nothing taking place of value during those dates.

 

[Lleytonstation]

It's better than November for sure out there. There is still US daylight savings, so that would certainly help also.

October 21 start date. 91 is the high and 62 is the low for Indian Wells. Not too bad, and same schedule as now but with a flip flop in tourney.

 

[Hitman]

October 21 start date. 91 is the high and 62 is the low for Indian Wells. Not too bad, and same schedule as now but with a flip flop in tourney.

October is certainly better out there, before October and after October is not really ideal. Those who have lived close to the desert know what I mean. But if RG happens in October, doubt IW could host a slam that very same month to be honest.

 

[Nadal_Django]

September and October the European clay season (Rome, Madrid RG). Second part of October and November the NA HC season (Miami and the USO in IW).
Coronavirus permitting, it sounds more logical.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

All of America is a risk. Have the US Open in gorgeous New Zealand where they no longer have any Covid cases.

The USA are still losing nearly a thousand people a day, as if players with elderly parents or young children would want to go to the 3rd world country that is the United States right now.

 

[Open Stance]

Well... way to hamper that idea... too late to change thread to Miami?

Miami would be tricky since that tournament is now played at the Miami Dolphins stadium and that would be in the middle of football season.

 

[Deleted member 770948]

All of America is a risk. Have the US Open in gorgeous New Zealand where they no longer have any Covid cases.

The USA are still losing nearly a thousand people a day, as if players with elderly parents or young children would want to go to the 3rd world country that is the United States right now.

At the end of this year I'll be interested to see how many people died of heart disease and other common killers......or whether the numbers are mysteriously low....

 

[Hitman]

All of America is a risk. Have the US Open in gorgeous New Zealand where they no longer have any Covid cases.

The USA are still losing nearly a thousand people a day, as if players with elderly parents or young children would want to go to the 3rd world country that is the United States right now.

Isn't the continent of New Zealand mostly submerged under the Pacific Ocean, with all the high peaks coming out? I believe it is called the continent of Zelandia

 

[Aussie Darcy]

At the end of this year I'll be interested to see how many people died of heart disease and other common killers......or whether the numbers are mysteriously low....

Ah yes the “Coronavirus is one big lie and everyone who died from it was going to die anyway” approach. It’s almost laughable if it wasn’t so concerning.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Isn't the continent of New Zealand mostly submerged under the Pacific Ocean, with all the high peaks coming out? I believe it is called the continent of Zelandia

80 million years ago....

 

[Hitman]

80 million years ago....

Well, we won't be seeing all of Zealandia in our life time then.

 

[Deleted member 770948]

Ah yes the “Coronavirus is one big lie and everyone who died from it was going to die anyway” approach. It’s almost laughable if it wasn’t so concerning.

Not even remotely close to what that Senator/Physician says.
The proof is in the pudding.....and we will see the fatality numbers of each common disease.....

 

[Dartagnan64]

Not even remotely close to what that Senator/Physician says.
The proof is in the pudding.....and we will see the fatality numbers of each common disease.....

As an oncologist I can most certainly vouch for my patients dying of their cancer at expected rates and not magically dying of COVID19.

And that doctor/senator seems to be horribly misinformed about death certificates. Does he not know that all those "pneumonia" deaths he fills out get categorized under flu deaths even if you never tested the patient for the flu? It's all one category in the death statistics.

If the pneumonia was classic bilateral interstitial pneumonitis and the patient had coronavirus exposure, most of us would put it down as probable COVID19. There's very few other things that cause that picture especially in a setting where coronavirus is the actively circulating bug. I do not think doctors are having a difficult time recognizing the diagnosis at this point.

Most Alzheimer patients don't get a brain autopsy to prove their diagnosis at death. Should we quit calling it Alzheimer's unless it's proven by biopsy/autopsy? Most doctors accept a clinical diagnosis as adequate for many conditions. Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, ALS.

 

[Antonio Puente]

I'm not sure if things will be better in November, but you could play the entire thing indoors in New York in November. You have Ashe and Armstrong with retractable roofs. You could play matches at the Uniondale complex and other arenas around the city.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Well... way to hamper that idea... too late to change thread to Miami?

Never too late to join the party.

Fall in

We're watching 2015 Djokorinka from my livestream

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Not even remotely close to what that Senator/Physician says.
The proof is in the pudding.....and we will see the fatality numbers of each common disease.....

And what about those aged 0-50 who have died? That number is in the thousands. You saying they would've died from a pre-existing condition of... diabetes? How about Kawasaki disease and the impact that's having on newborns and and infants? I can't believe there are still people out there downplaying the severity of this when we have over 400,000 deaths. Even if you were right and over half the deaths were from pre-existing conditions and Covid was incorrectly blamed that's still 200,000 deaths. 200k deaths in a mere 5 months from a pandemic. That isn't normal. Get that through your head.

 

[I Am Finnish]

California is about to peak so the answer is NO

 

[I Am Finnish]

Well... way to hamper that idea... too late to change thread to Miami?

Just as dangerous as in california

New Zealand is covid free USO should be held there