Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev they sounded the alarm on the men’s circuit: most players, according to the Serb, do not want to continue with this travel format in 2021.
“What we’re seeing isn’t normal, we’re not used to it. Top players who are the best trained, tried in the past and now you have Berrettini, Rafa with a back injury, Sascha too, Dimitrov. Obviously he has something to do with these circumstances that we are having. Coming to a Grand Slam and a pre-Grand Slam tournament, with fourteen days of quarantine, “said the world’s No. 1 who is president of the PTPA ( Professional Tennis Players Association).
“Hopefully it’s a temporary thing, but talking to a lot of players, most players don’t want to keep up with the season so if we’re going to have to do quarantines in most tournaments. It’s something that needs to be discussed now. The Council he had several talks with the ATP leadership as I was told. I am waiting for some answers, I want to understand how the circuit will go after the Australian Open, “the Serb added.
“We have to talk, we have to find a way, like the NBA bubble. I heard some players talk about it and I don’t mind discussing that idea. Pick a spot and play every tournament on that surface on that spot. Three, four weeks of play … Two or three of rest Then we come back Something like that at the top level We have to discuss options, I don’t know if it will work We are in Australia, closed for 5 days, in a few days hopefully we will see people in the stadium again.We have to be realistic that what we are experiencing here in Australia is much better than what Europe is, in terms of restrictions, regulations, quarantines, etc. most of the “The season is going to continue in Europe. The next few months will be … Miami and the Middle East too but once we start in Europe, ATP is with this one player +2 people rule only. You can’t bring your family.” Djokovic pointed out.
For his part, Zvérev reinforced Djokovic’s ideas and said that they had already talked about it and also with Vasek Pospisil: “Injuries will continue to happen, there are restrictions in some countries, depending on the passport you have. “Maybe they won’t let you into a country. I know South American players should fight about it. We can’t have a travel circuit now. ATP has to do and look is to have a stadium like this and play several.” tournaments in several weeks. at the end of the day, in Europe we will have no spectators. What is the difference where we played the tournament? We can change the surfaces, the names, or whatever and play in a stadium “.