{"id":40098,"date":"2020-08-04T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/absolute-scandal-tennis-returns-with-dubious-bubble-and-us-open-confusion\/"},"modified":"2020-08-04T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:29:00","slug":"absolute-scandal-tennis-returns-with-dubious-bubble-and-us-open-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/absolute-scandal-tennis-returns-with-dubious-bubble-and-us-open-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Absolute scandal\u2019: Tennis returns with dubious bubble and US Open confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#\u2018Absolute scandal\u2019: Tennis returns with dubious bubble and US Open confusion<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 4, 2020 |<\/span> 9:29am <\/p>\n

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\n Maria Sakkari at the Palermo Open on Monday<\/span>
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\n Tennis has officially returned with the WTA Palermo Ladies Open this week, but safety protocols have already been called into question.<\/p>\n

An unnamed player has already been forced to withdraw after testing positive, and the \u201cbubble\u201d that WTA will attempt to uphold at each tournament has already been threatened.<\/p>\n

Petra Martic is \u201cnot confident at all\u201d that players will adhere to COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all depend on each other and I don\u2019t want to pay for someone else\u2019s mistake, and I think that\u2019s fair; whoever doesn\u2019t follow the rules should be punished accordingly,\u201d Martic said, according to The National.<\/p>\n

Questions surrounding player safety will only increase at larger events, like the US Open, with both male and female competitors. The field in Palermo is comprised of nearly all Europeans, and they\u2019ve been recommended to stay in their hotel rooms when not competing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an absolute scandal that players are in the same hotel as tourists in Palermo,\u201d veteran men\u2019s player Richard Gasquet told Le Equipe. \u201cI don\u2019t know how the WTA can accept it. If you stage a tournament, it\u2019s because the hotel is 100 percent reserved for players and staff. If you can\u2019t, you cancel it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It certainly seems as if \u201crecommended\u201d does not hold much power.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a feeling that in New York it will be a real bubble. Here [in Palermo] they talk about us being in a bubble but it\u2019s not at all,\u201d Donna Vekic told the paper. \u201cI don\u2019t want to pretend that I\u2019m locked in the room the whole day when I\u2019m not. I went to dinner in the city. For sure we\u2019re being careful and not being close to people but I\u2019m not locked in the room and 90 percent of the players aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope in New York there will actually be fines and if everyone respects that and it makes sense then I\u2019m all for it, but if the rules are contradicting each other, then it makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jasmine Paolini touches rackets with Daria Kasatkina after their match<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The USTA has maintained that the the US Open \u2014 which is scheduled to start at the end of August \u2014 will take place. However, Maria Sakkari bemoaned an app<\/a>arent lack of communication coming from the USTA. The Western & Southern Open was moved from Cincinnati to Flushing Meadows to be played before the US Open and will start on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that US Open hasn\u2019t made a decision yet is, sorry to say, pissing off every single player, because it\u2019s 20 days away from Cincinnati starting,\u201d Sakkari said.<\/p>\n

The mercurial Nick Kyrgios has already withdrawn from the US Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us take a breath here and remember what is important, which is health and safety as a community,\u201d Kyrgios said in a statement. \u201cWe can rebuild our sport and the economy but we can never recover lives lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrgios joins fellow Australian and the No. 1 women\u2019s player, Ash Barty, in pulling out of the New York event.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios has chastised some of his competitors throughout the pandemic, particularly Novak Djokovic, who organized an exhibition tournament, the Adria Tour, in Croatia and Serbia. Both Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov, who also played in the tournament, contracted the virus after the tournament. Alexander Zverev, who competed at the tournament, was filmed dancing and partying at a bar days after the pair tested positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut tennis players, you have to act in the interests of each other and work together,\u201d Kyrgios said. \u201cYou can\u2019t be dancing on tables, money-grabbing your way around Europe or trying to make a quick buck hosting the next exhibition. That\u2019s just so selfish. Think of the other people for once. That\u2019s what this virus is about. It doesn\u2019t care about your world ranking or how much money you have. Act responsibly.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo those players that have been observing the rules and acting selflessly, I say good luck to you. Play at your own risk \u2013 and I have no problem with that.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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