Source: KEYSTONE / AP / Darko Vojinovic
For Novak Djokovic, the last leaked measures against the corona virus that the organizers of the US Open are planning in New York are unacceptable.
“The question is how many players are willing to accept these conditions,” said the world number one on Serbian “Prva TV”. The Grand Slam tournament is still scheduled for August 31st.
«I had a phone call with the world tennis leaders. The rules that we would have to accept to play there at all are extreme, ”said the three-time US Open champion. “We would have no access to Manhattan, would have to sleep in airport hotels and be tested two or three times a week,” said Djokovic.
Nadal also does not want to travel to the USA
In addition, each player could only bring one person onto the tournament site. «It is really impossible. I mean you need a coach, a fitness trainer and a physiotherapist. »
Rafael Nadal also said this week that he would not travel to the United States under the current circumstances. The Spaniard also questioned whether tennis could start again if the pandemic still had large parts of the world under control.
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