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@Daniel91 it has been reported that Djokovic has taken the covid test, but there’s no news about his results hence I’m hoping that he tests negative for covid. Furthermore Andy Murray has said that he’s facing a dilemma whether he should participate in the US open or no, due to covid incidents like these hence he’s not sure about his participation. What do you’ll think will other top player’s too voice their concern, against participation in the US open after this incident?.

Sources:

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1299189/Novak-Djokovic-Emergency-Coronavirus-Test-Grigor-Dimitrov-COVID-19-Adria-Tour

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/22/borna-coric-the-latest-to-test-positive-for-covid-19-at-djokovic-tournament

According to this article, Djokovic's coach, Marco Panichi, is also positive for coronavirus. Will Djokovic himself be next on the list of those infected with coronavirus?
Source: https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/stigli-rezultati-iz-zadra-pozitivni-borna-coric-te-treneri-djokovica-i-dimitrova/2192184.aspx
He remains in Zadar in self-isolation.
How many more coaches and tennis players will be infected with coronavirus after this experiment launched by Djokovic?
Even the Prime Minister of Croatia, Plenkovic, was tested for coronavirus because he was at this tournament in Zadar.

There are already a lot of negative reactions and objections to Djokovic as the main organizer of this tournament.
Dimitrov was in very close contact with Djokovic and even played basketball with him.
Dimitrov was also a participant in Kids Day in Zadar, where he hung out with the youngest fans.
After Belgrade and Zadar, the Adria tour was supposed to continue to Banja Luka and Sarajevo, but it will probably be canceled.
DW broadcasts articles and reports from the German media entitled "Djokovic and Belgrade are irritating''
"The Adria Tour tennis tournament, initiated by Djokovic, provoked mostly critical reactions in the German-language media. The party that was held in a Belgrade club after the matches attracted the most attention ''
Source: https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/dimitrov-ima-koronavirus-pogledajte-sto-je-radio-djokovicu-prije-tri-dana/2192127.aspx

I am not sure he was totally asymptomatic, after all he cancelled his match on the first day of tournament in Croatia. The problem is that he was in contact with a lot of people. There was even some events organized for kids to spend time with him and some other players. Our press has smelled a good selling story and now they will be putting more news every few hours. Latest news is that 3 more players are positive including Borna Coric and that Djokovic skipped testing and went back to Beograd.

This will be another hit for the tennis going into the future. I am curious when will somebody realize that tennis matches aren't problematic to spreading the virus. The problems is in the crowds and all the parties done around tournaments as well as a lot of travelling.

They should get everyone tested ASAP

https://twitter.com/BenoitMaylin/status/1272504830666432522

Video shows them in close contact, but I agree that we don't want to hear this kind of negative news. Dkokovic have been criticized for having crowds. And then this news, going back to square one again, I know that some tennis players are really disregarding the social distancing and the new norm, but if we hear that a player gets the virus and then he has contact with other players and fans, then this will have a negative repercussions. US Open is going to begin in July, as far as I know, so I don't know what will be effect of this.

Ouch, this is going to put a setback to tennis games, obviously, organisers and other people behind are trying to get up and move in this pandemic and get tennis going again. But with this news, I'm sure that not only Djokovic and other tennis players are worried, but fans as well.

I can't blame Dimitrov though, maybe he as asymptomatic that's why he did play in the tournament (not sure though if they have pre-testing). But definitely, this is not the news that we wanted to hear.

Breaking news
Adria tour tennis tournament final canceled.
Tennis player Dimitrov have coronavirus.  
From his Instagram profile:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtKr9dA7wa/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_mid=4946F3D2-A0D5-4CB6-981B-0C767CD05001

It seems that this tournament came too soon after all.
Source : https://www.index.hr/mobile/clanak.aspx?category=sport&id=2192122

Djokovic and other tennis players are worried.

Do you follow the Adria tour tennis tournament in Zadar, Croatia?
Very good and interesting matches between top players like Djokovic, Zverev, Cilic...
It seems that in the final, according to the current results, Zverev and Djokovic will play.
The tournament is of a humanitarian character and you can read more here: https://theadriatour.com/
If that's not interesting enough for you, you might be more interested in how Zverev's girl in a dress manages on the basketball court. I'd say she's doing great.
What do you think?
https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/seksi-djevojka-alexandera-zvereva-u-zadru-pokazala-kako-dominira-u-kosarci/2191906.aspx

I'm with you my friend as I like the long matches as well. In recent years we have seen some of the greatest matches in Men's tennis of all time and I never get sick of them even if they go for 4 - 5 hours long. I'm the same with test match cricket but I guess people just want to see something different these days and shorter forms of sports seem to be a hit with many people around the world.

I don't like what I'm seeing with the covid-19 cases rising around the world as it could really put a halt on many sports that just started back up and may even stop tennis being played.

On the contrary, I like men's long matches, 3+ hours of high level tennis is very exciting, I guess I'm a real tennis fans, LOL.

https://utslive.tv/
https://twitter.com/UTShowdown

I love how they really hype by giving everyone a monicker here. Every one following the tournament though?

I thought that the fast 5 tournament that has been running in Australia before the AO has been great to watch over the past couple of years so maybe something like that can turn into a big tournament like a grand slam but I think I'm asking too much for a fast match format to become a top tournament like a grand slam but we just never know. I think it is needed now to get more people interested in tennis as most of my friends don't like tennis because the matches can go on for too long, mainly the Men's matches that are played for 3+ hours, not even football matches play for this long.

Right, it's getting bored to see the same format for years and it's only the format that are going to change not the game itself so for me changes are really needed at some point in time. And as others have pointed out, there are a lot well known sports experimenting with new set of formats to make the game more exciting for us. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic has no choice but to join and play this new rule.

For sure, I agree with you all, it will add up excitement to the game itself. Tennis games have been with us for many years, and we even call some champions of the "modern era". So I think we are entering another age in major sports to adopt themselves in this time.

Wonder though if Federer and Nadal and Djokovic are going to join in this revolution. I would say they are the remnants of the old system. But I do hope that they will and welcome this changes.

I do not see any issue in trying a new format. If everything goes well and people love it, it might become a new way to play tennis. All depends on how the targeted audience take it. At this moment it is very early to come into any conclusion.

Other games have been experimenting new formats to increase adoption. This has been happening for some time and we should welcome such changes.

I agree, I think this will add some more excited to the game of tennis and we will always have the traditional events like the grand slams and the Masters tournaments. Cricket has been good with experimenting with new formats of the game and it has worked out well so its good to see something different for tennis and I'm sure that the fans will like it in time. 

^^ Why not? There have been lot of changes recently, so it's about time that this kind of format should be tested and see how it goes. Of course, there are going to be some criticism as there are fans that are old and traditional, but for me, it doesn't matter, if the game became more interesting and exciting and fun to watch then I will give it a thumbs up.

The Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) strikes me as a good event. It was created by Serena Williams' trainer and Coco Gauff's mentor. The reviews I found about this tournament is that the organizers are focused on attracting younger tennis players. However, some Top 10 tennis players will participate.
I liked that they named the matches like this:
Take a look at these games

Saturday, June 13
Day Session
Match 1 - 4 PM CET: Lucas Pouille "The French Flair" - Elliot Benchetrit "The Underdog"

Match 2 - 5.15 PM CET: Dustin Brown "The Artist" - Benoit Paire "The Rebel"

Match 3 - 6.30 PM CET: David Goffin "The Rebel" - Matteo Berrettini "The Hammer"

Night session
Match 4 - 9 PM CET: Feliciano Lopez "The Bullfighter" - Alexei Popyrin "The Sniper"

Match 5 - 10.15 PM CET: Stefanos Tsitsipas "The Greek God" - Richard Gasquet "The Virtuoso"

Sunday, June 14
Day Session
Match 1 – 4 PM CET : Elliot Benchetrit “The Underdog” – Alexei Popyrin “The Sniper”

Match 2 – 5.15 PM CET : Dustin Brown “The Artist” – Matteo Berrettini “The Hammer”

Match 3 – 6.30 PM CET : Feliciano Lopez “The Torero” – Lucas Pouille “The French Flair”

Night Session
Match 4 – 9 PM CET : Richard Gasquet “The Virtuoso” – David Goffin “The Rebel”

Match 5 – 10.15 PM CET : Stefanos Tsitsipas “The Greek God” – Benoit Paire “The Rebel”

https://www.tennismajors.com/news/uts-news/uts-the-program-of-the-first-week-end-tennis-majors-263681.html

I don't know if you guys have heard of Patrick Mouratoglou "Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS)". It's a very different format from the tennis we have seen for many years, so controversial that it might change the whole tennis game.

https://twitter.com/UTShowdown

Lots of big names already sign to test it this experiment such as Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem, and David Goffin.

Tell me guys what you think about this one.

I read the same thing however things ain't getting any better in the US so the Government has a big decision to make when it comes to opening up sports again. Also are the tennis players willing to take the risk entering a country where the cases are averaging 20k+ daily and with these protests going on it could get worse.

I agree that Djokovic and Nadal will continue to dominate however we are seeing signs that some of the young talent are starting to get better against these top players but its just grand slams where they lose their nerve against Djokovic and Nadal.

@btc_angela Federer is definitely not retiring in 2020, as he had clearly hinted that we will see him participate in next year’s Australian Open tournament. However beyond 2021 it looks very difficult for him to carry on as he’s suffered multiple injuries over the year’s, and his recent setback shows that he may not even play the entire season in 2021, hence we all should be prepared to see him retire by mid 2021.

Sources:

https://www.essentiallysports.com/roger-federer-does-not-want-to-retire-in-2020-australian-open-2020-atp-tennis-news/

https://www.essentiallysports.com/ill-miss-the-adrenaline-rush-roger-federer-opens-up-on-retirement-atp-tennis-news/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8406713/Roger-Federers-latest-injury-news-send-shiver-trepidation-tennis.html