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Quote from: MCobian on July 31, 2020, 04:25:18 AM

Quote from: Daniel91 on July 31, 2020, 01:51:45 AM

Quote from: vella85 on July 30, 2020, 06:38:51 PM

Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.

I think you're wrong.
China has also canceled all tennis tournaments this year and many other tennis tournaments are questionable, even in Europe.
The UK has also introduced quarantine for visitors from Spain, restrictions on borders are expected to be tightened in the autumn and all this will have a very bad effect on the tennis season.

It is absolutely true that not only in the US is the big concern related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it turns out that in some Asian and European
countries the same is true.Some tennis tournaments must be postponed, therefore fans of tennis are simply made stressed by the current conditions.
Hopefully the vaccine can be found soon, so we can enjoy a normal life again. And not only tennis tournaments are now affected by the corona virus,
but other sports experience the same thing.

I can understand what everyone here is feeling as a tennis fans because at one hand we’re eagerly wishing to see our favourite stars in action, and on the other hand we don’t want them to be infected by this virus too. Furthermore I believe that these stars also need to think for their families before coming to US, and at this stage we should support their decision irrespective of whether they’re participating or backing out of the tournament.

Sources:

https://7news.com.au/sport/tennis/more-will-follow-barty-out-of-open-murray-c-1207127

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/tennis-news-novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-boycott-us-open-003637451.html

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Quote from: Daniel91 on July 31, 2020, 01:51:45 AM

Quote from: vella85 on July 30, 2020, 06:38:51 PM

Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.

I think you're wrong.
China has also canceled all tennis tournaments this year and many other tennis tournaments are questionable, even in Europe.
The UK has also introduced quarantine for visitors from Spain, restrictions on borders are expected to be tightened in the autumn and all this will have a very bad effect on the tennis season.

It is absolutely true that not only in the US is the big concern related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it turns out that in some Asian and European
countries the same is true.Some tennis tournaments must be postponed, therefore fans of tennis are simply made stressed by the current conditions.
Hopefully the vaccine can be found soon, so we can enjoy a normal life again. And not only tennis tournaments are now affected by the corona virus,
but other sports experience the same thing.

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Quote from: Strongkored on July 31, 2020, 03:10:54 AM

Quote from: vella85 on July 30, 2020, 06:38:51 PM

Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.

Agree with the bolded text, but the quarantine after the tournament and maybe before too, will be the first concern from players.

Apart from the French Open 2020 which is being held in Europe on Sept, are there other tournaments that will also be held in Europe, in this pandemic? I'm curious to know.

I have just checked and for many tournaments in Europe it still needs to be decided if they will organize it:
https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments

At this moment, before Roland Garros, the Madrid Open and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia (in Rome) will go on as planned.

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Quote from: vella85 on July 30, 2020, 06:38:51 PM

Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.

Agree with the bolded text, but the quarantine after the tournament and maybe before too, will be the first concern from players.

Apart from the French Open 2020 which is being held in Europe on Sept, are there other tournaments that will also be held in Europe, in this pandemic? I'm curious to know.

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Quote from: vella85 on July 30, 2020, 06:38:51 PM

Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.

I think you're wrong.
China has also canceled all tennis tournaments this year and many other tennis tournaments are questionable, even in Europe.
The UK has also introduced quarantine for visitors from Spain, restrictions on borders are expected to be tightened in the autumn and all this will have a very bad effect on the tennis season.

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Quote from: vella85 on July 30, 2020, 06:38:51 PM

Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.

I totally agree mate, the US case is not slowing down and it will be held in New York which is a big concern for many tennis athletes because of the current covid-19 situation.

So it is really going to be case-to-case basis for now. Maybe in the next tournament, those who pulled out will join and make tennis more interesting again or at least put in the headlines of sports news media.

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Another big name is pulling out of the US Open and that is Ash Barty. Like I said we'll see a lot more pulling out due to the virus not slowing down in the US but I still think tennis can go on just like the other sports. In fact there is less risk when it comes to tennis as the players don't need to be near each other like other sports such as the NBA and football. So I think once the tennis starts up in Europe we'll see a lot more tennis played, its just the US that's the big concern right now as the virus is out of control.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

Seems that the tennis tournament this year will be ending on the sad note. Only few have remained in the schedule but most likely they will also be cancelled as the pandemic is not slowing down. I guess we can't do anything but to wait till next year, but it the conditions didn't improve or worsen then I don't expect tournaments to resume, specially Grand slams.

This pandemic has ruined the world and our lives thanks to China. Every other sporting event is either getting cancelled or postponed. I do not know how many more days, months and years we need to live our lives like this. I hope scientists find a vaccine to eradicate this disease from earth as soon as possible.

Very difficult to see what will happen in all other sports, that's why I said that it will end in a sad note. Not all players are going to be present and there could be more cancellation in the future. So it's really a shame not to see them compete in this Grand Slams because of the virus because of the health risk obviously, so the excitement is ruined. At least NBA is continuing, and so is boxing. But for tennis it seems very difficult to go on around this Covid-19 situation.

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The expectation of knowing the confirmation of the international tennis players who will travel to New York for the USTA’s two-tournament bubble.

It makes us keep our eyes on the statistics of cases of contagion in the USA and especially in New York to know if the conditions can be given to celebrate the event. Although the number of infections has dropped in the big apple, hopefully it will continue that way.

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Who's coming to NYC? For Now Djokovic, Nadal and Serena are lined up.

Ten former event champions highlighted the initial fields, led by Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Williams, in particular, is lined up for a busy August.

https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2020/07/djokovic-nadal-serena-entered-western-southern-open-new-york-halep-andreescu-kyrgios/89805/

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Quote from: babygun on July 29, 2020, 12:30:06 PM

Quote from: pakhitheboss on July 26, 2020, 12:50:23 AM

Quote from: btc_angela on July 25, 2020, 06:21:38 AM

Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

Seems that the tennis tournament this year will be ending on the sad note. Only few have remained in the schedule but most likely they will also be cancelled as the pandemic is not slowing down. I guess we can't do anything but to wait till next year, but it the conditions didn't improve or worsen then I don't expect tournaments to resume, specially Grand slams.

This pandemic has ruined the world and our lives thanks to China. Every other sporting event is either getting cancelled or postponed. I do not know how many more days, months and years we need to live our lives like this. I hope scientists find a vaccine to eradicate this disease from earth as soon as possible.

Everybody needs to adapt and it is for sure not easy; but I am afraid Covid 19 will be here for a while.

On topic: apparently also Osaka and Andreescu will skip the US open this year ...
source: https://www.essentiallysports.com/tennis-news-wta-bianca-andreescu-and-naomi-osaka-reportedly-to-skip-us-open-2020/

We could see a lot more in the coming days as the situation with the virus in the US doesn't seem to be slowing and more players electing not to enter the US Open which is a shame because we would like to see all the top players attending but we can understand why they choose not to attend. I do think that tennis must push on like other sports are doing but as long as the people running the tournaments do the right thing by protecting the players and staff as best they can.

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Quote from: pakhitheboss on July 26, 2020, 12:50:23 AM

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Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

Seems that the tennis tournament this year will be ending on the sad note. Only few have remained in the schedule but most likely they will also be cancelled as the pandemic is not slowing down. I guess we can't do anything but to wait till next year, but it the conditions didn't improve or worsen then I don't expect tournaments to resume, specially Grand slams.

This pandemic has ruined the world and our lives thanks to China. Every other sporting event is either getting cancelled or postponed. I do not know how many more days, months and years we need to live our lives like this. I hope scientists find a vaccine to eradicate this disease from earth as soon as possible.

Everybody needs to adapt and it is for sure not easy; but I am afraid Covid 19 will be here for a while.

On topic: apparently also Osaka and Andreescu will skip the US open this year ...
source: https://www.essentiallysports.com/tennis-news-wta-bianca-andreescu-and-naomi-osaka-reportedly-to-skip-us-open-2020/

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Quote from: pakhitheboss on July 26, 2020, 12:50:23 AM

Quote from: btc_angela on July 25, 2020, 06:21:38 AM

Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

Seems that the tennis tournament this year will be ending on the sad note. Only few have remained in the schedule but most likely they will also be cancelled as the pandemic is not slowing down. I guess we can't do anything but to wait till next year, but it the conditions didn't improve or worsen then I don't expect tournaments to resume, specially Grand slams.

This pandemic has ruined the world and our lives thanks to China. Every other sporting event is either getting cancelled or postponed. I do not know how many more days, months and years we need to live our lives like this. I hope scientists find a vaccine to eradicate this disease from earth as soon as possible.

And thanks to your /sarcasm,

. Tennis is not over yet, a lot of uncertainties but there could be tournaments that can proceed with some delays. Or if there are delays, it will not be affecting the ranking as it is frozen due to the Covid-19. And there are a relief fund, more than $6 million to help tennis players that are affected by the current situation.

https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2020/05/tennis-plans-virus-related-financial-fund-800-players-6m/88662/

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Quote from: btc_angela on July 25, 2020, 06:21:38 AM

Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

Seems that the tennis tournament this year will be ending on the sad note. Only few have remained in the schedule but most likely they will also be cancelled as the pandemic is not slowing down. I guess we can't do anything but to wait till next year, but it the conditions didn't improve or worsen then I don't expect tournaments to resume, specially Grand slams.

This pandemic has ruined the world and our lives thanks to China. Every other sporting event is either getting cancelled or postponed. I do not know how many more days, months and years we need to live our lives like this. I hope scientists find a vaccine to eradicate this disease from earth as soon as possible.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

According to this article by the Index portal, https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/tenis-se-u-2020-nece-igrati-u-kini/2200515.aspx Tennis will not be played in China in 2020.
Tennis Professionals Association (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) had to accept the Chinese government's decision to cancel all international sporting events in China in 2020.
Thus, the only Asian Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, the 500 series tournament in Beijing and two 250 series tournaments in Chengdu and Zhuhai will not be held and many other tournaments.
This is certainly a big blow to the continuation of tennis competitions this year, along with all the other problems due to the cancellation of the US Open by some players.
Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

The US Open is still going ahead and the French Open unless that has changed already? So no tennis isn't over for this year, maybe for China but the rest of the world seems to want tennis to be played. The problem is that there are strict quarantine rules in place for most countries which makes it hard but I don't think it is the end of tennis this year. At least we get to see some tennis played even though the top ranked players won't be playing at all the tournaments.

We might see some postponement and delays about the regular schedule because of the pandemic, but I'm sure organizers are going to push it because tennis like any other sports should adjust with this new norm otherwise it will simply stop that sports, and we will not be defeated by this so called viruses.

I'm sure US and French Open will go ahead this year and other small tournaments around Europe. And we can always get up and recover if tennis will not be save this year.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

According to this article by the Index portal, https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/tenis-se-u-2020-nece-igrati-u-kini/2200515.aspx Tennis will not be played in China in 2020.
Tennis Professionals Association (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) had to accept the Chinese government's decision to cancel all international sporting events in China in 2020.
Thus, the only Asian Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, the 500 series tournament in Beijing and two 250 series tournaments in Chengdu and Zhuhai will not be held and many other tournaments.
This is certainly a big blow to the continuation of tennis competitions this year, along with all the other problems due to the cancellation of the US Open by some players.
Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

The US Open is still going ahead and the French Open unless that has changed already? So no tennis isn't over for this year, maybe for China but the rest of the world seems to want tennis to be played. The problem is that there are strict quarantine rules in place for most countries which makes it hard but I don't think it is the end of tennis this year. At least we get to see some tennis played even though the top ranked players won't be playing at all the tournaments.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on July 24, 2020, 06:12:25 AM

Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

Seems that the tennis tournament this year will be ending on the sad note. Only few have remained in the schedule but most likely they will also be cancelled as the pandemic is not slowing down. I guess we can't do anything but to wait till next year, but it the conditions didn't improve or worsen then I don't expect tournaments to resume, specially Grand slams.

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According to this article by the Index portal, https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/tenis-se-u-2020-nece-igrati-u-kini/2200515.aspx Tennis will not be played in China in 2020.
Tennis Professionals Association (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) had to accept the Chinese government's decision to cancel all international sporting events in China in 2020.
Thus, the only Asian Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, the 500 series tournament in Beijing and two 250 series tournaments in Chengdu and Zhuhai will not be held and many other tournaments.
This is certainly a big blow to the continuation of tennis competitions this year, along with all the other problems due to the cancellation of the US Open by some players.
Can the tennis season still be saved this year or is the tennis story over this year?

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Quote from: tyKiwanuka on July 23, 2020, 03:32:36 AM

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Also many of us including me have said before, and I’ll repeat that I strongly feel that Thiem can win this tournament, as there’s no competition for him unless Djokovic decides to participate in the tournament.

I am wondering, if he can be proud of it, if he does and if it would be an enjoyable moment for him. He will be in the history books, but for me it would be with an asterisk next to it, if the best players are missing.
Even with all the money involved and to be earned, these guys are sportsman and competitiors by heart and I wouldn't feel too proud, if I win the US Open this year under these circumstances. But maybe thats just me. It's still an achievement, but would leave a bad taste in my mouth nonetheless.

Well for sure there could be some questions or even doubts if you win without that much competition in front of whoever are going to win this year's US Open, be Thiem or someone else. And its going to be a debatable or as you have said (*) in your resume winning under the circumstances. So let history decide for itself, if fans are going to judge you like that in years to come then so be it. It is what it is, they don't want to compete and you take advantage of the situation.

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Quote from: Strongkored on July 18, 2020, 04:54:51 AM

I haven't posted in this thread in a while, no tennis tournaments made not so many topics to discuss. Today I read an article that the big 3 chose not to take part in the US Open 2020, but Thiem has announce still participate in US Open and I think He has big change to win the throphy, the article is a month ago .

https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-dominic-thiem-confirms-us-open-participation-will-also-play-cincinnati

As I expected, the big 3 are going to pass the US Open and we have a discussions about this and a good chance for other players to be the next champion few pages back. You can't really blame the big 3 for not participating specially Nadal because of the current situation in the US. So for sure we will see another name to win the US Open 2020.

Citi Open has officially cancelled it's tournament as well,

(http://www.tennisnow.com/News/2020/July/Citi-Open-Cancelled-for-2020,-US-Open-Still-on-Tra.aspx)

Well I'm with you on this we can't blame them for not wanting to participate at the US Open with what is going on with the virus there. The main thing stopping them is being able to return to Europe after being in the US. This now opens up the door for lower ranked players and a few players that have been close to winning but fall towards the end when they come up against the top players so I think its going to be an interesting tournament to watch to see if we finally see a young talent win.

Exactly, although there could be some questions if a young talent win without the top seed. But still a trophy is a trophy for them and they really need to prove that their win is no fluke by defending it next year with a full roster, if everything subsides and the situation normalized.

Probably Thiem thinks that he can win this US Open over French Open. And I think that he can probably be back on EU after completing US Open.

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Quote from: tyKiwanuka on July 23, 2020, 03:32:36 AM

Quote from: Juggy777 on July 22, 2020, 11:22:26 PM

Also many of us including me have said before, and I’ll repeat that I strongly feel that Thiem can win this tournament, as there’s no competition for him unless Djokovic decides to participate in the tournament.

I am wondering, if he can be proud of it, if he does and if it would be an enjoyable moment for him. He will be in the history books, but for me it would be with an asterisk next to it, if the best players are missing.
Even with all the money involved and to be earned, these guys are sportsman and competitiors by heart and I wouldn't feel too proud, if I win the US Open this year under these circumstances. But maybe thats just me. It's still an achievement, but would leave a bad taste in my mouth nonetheless.

It's a bit like Federer finally winning Roland Garros in 2009. He completed his personal Grand Slam, but he didn't beat the clay GOAT en route to it. So for me this win has a little asterisk to it as well and I wonder if Federer feels a bit the same. When I win something, I want to do it against the best of the best and not against a weakened field to be 100% proud and able to enjoy it.

I see where you are coming from as you want to play and beat the best the sport has to offer. I'm still not sure if Thiem can get the job done on hard courts, yes he has improved which we could see at the AO but I'm still not confident that he can win against other players that love hard courts. He is taking a big gamble playing at the US Open as he is a much better player on clay which we have seen in the past two clay seasons and French Opens so I wonder what made him choose the US Open over the French Open? unless he is hoping that he can get back in time but that looks unlikely with the strict Europe quarantine rules in place.

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