Yesterday, the news came that the US Tennis Federation has been given the green light to conduct the US Open on August 31-September 13. However, due to the corona pandemic, it will happen without the public and with "extraordinarily precautionary measures". These measures include robust testing, extra cleaning, extra space in the changing rooms and special accommodations.
Several knowledgeable players have voiced criticism and / or doubts about the competition's performance. Earlier this month, for example, Novak Djokovic strongly criticized the organizers.
- The rules that they explained to us in order to play at all are extreme. We will not be in Manhattan, we will sleep in hotels at the airport and be tested two, three times a week. And just being able to bring one person with them really makes it impossible, the world view told Prva TV Television.
"Extremely difficult"Now, the women's world-renowned Simona Halep sings to the critics.,
"If the conditions become as they are now on the papers," Simo "has been clear in what she has said: It is highly unlikely that she will play," her spokesperson told Reuters news agency.
Halep's coach Darren Cahill told Reuets last week that the protocol drawn up for the US Open is "extremely difficult" and probably would not work for the Romanian.