Chinanews client, Beijing, September 1st (Reporter Yue Chuan) In the early morning of the 1st, Beijing time, the curtain of the 2020 US Open kicked off.

As the first Grand Slam tournament held since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, whether the U.S. Open can be played in absolute safety is the focus of outside attention.

However, just one day before the official opening of the event, the US Open officially announced that a player participating in the new crown virus tested positive, which caused a wave of waves.

US Open Official Statement

　　Foreign media said that this player is the No. 17 seed of the men's singles and French player Parley.

According to the anti-epidemic rules formulated by the US Open, Parley has been forced to withdraw from the game and needs to be quarantined for at least ten days, but the problems caused by the incident do not stop there.

　　The first is to find close contacts.

Parley had just participated in the Cincinnati Masters before, he played against Croatian star Chulic.

In addition, some media said that due to the fact that several French players who participated in the competition lived together, including Gasquet, Manarino, Vaselin, Baler, etc., were waiting for notice in the prescribed hotels.

The organizers of the tournament will decide whether these players need to be quarantined for 14 days. If this happens, they will all miss the tournament.

Data map: Tim in the game

　　On the other hand, the emergence of positive cases will obviously affect other players.

Tim, one of the men's singles favorites, once said that he decided to participate because "this (US Open) safe zone is safer than other places."

　　From a macro perspective, the anti-epidemic measures of the US Open this year are not lax.

In addition to compressing competition events, reducing the number of staff, and hiring safety commissioners to strictly control social distancing, the various restrictions on participating players have reached such a level that some people have criticized this arrangement before.

　　Participating players must undergo nucleic acid testing as required after arriving in New York, and this testing will be conducted every few days thereafter.

Most of them will stay in officially designated hotels, and players will no longer take private cars to the stadium, instead they will be replaced by buses provided by the tournament.

Public service places such as locker rooms and restaurants strictly control the number of seats, and the range of players' actions is also strictly limited.

The picture shows Ashley Barty in the game.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

　　The organizers of the previous tournament have also emphasized that players have no “infection opportunity” at the US Open.

However, in view of the current domestic epidemic situation in the United States, whether the US Open should be held as originally planned or not, looking at this question from different angles will give different answers.

But at least from this year's list of slightly eclipsed entries, we can still feel the players' concerns about safety.

　　Among the top 10 women's singles players, only Pliskova, Kenning, Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka participated in the competition; the men's singles was slightly better, and 7 of the top 10 players in the world participated in the competition. Kovic, Tim, Medvedev, Sisipas, Zverev, Berettini and Monfils.

　　In comparison, this "onlooker" including women's singles world No. 1 Batty, Romanian star Halep, women's singles defending champion Andrescu, men's singles defending champion Nadal, Swiss king Federer and others "The list of stars is not inferior.

Data map: Swiss king Federer returned the ball in the game.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Chenyun

　　In this context, if we look for a key word for this US Open in addition to "security", "opportunity" could not be more appropriate.

　　For Serena Williams, this is an opportunity.

At the age of 39 years old, in addition to the love of tennis, what supports Serena Williams is also her dream of the 24th Grand Slam singles championship trophy.

　　Since winning the Australian Open in 2017, Serena is within easy reach of Margarita Court's historical record (24 crowns).

But for more than 3 years, she has not been able to do so.

From the perspective of the lottery situation, Serena's luck is actually not good. However, there are many top players who retired from the game at home. Now may be the best time for Serena to take this step.

Data map: On January 28, local time, in the just-concluded Australian Open women’s singles final, the Williams sisters staged their 28th civil war. In the end, Serena Williams defeated her sister Dawei 6:4. Won the 2017 Australian Open women's singles championship.

　　For Djokovic, this is an opportunity.

Federer and Nadal were absent at the same time, so that Druid lost his biggest opponent on the road to the championship, which also became an excellent opportunity for him to approach the other two in terms of Grand Slam honor.

　　Since the 2017 Australian Open, the "Big Three" have won all 13 Grand Slam titles, and Djokovic has won 5 of the past 7 Grand Slams.

With the prestige of the "Golden Master" in the double circle, Xiaode is the number one favorite to do his part.

　　This is an opportunity for the "Mesozoic" in men's tennis.

In the past, Tim, Medvedev, Zverev, Sisipas and others were always called the "new generation", but when we started a new era, when younger players frequently stepped onto the high-level stage, These stars, born in the 1990s, are no longer newcomers.

Data map: Djokovic won the Australian Open for the 8th time at the beginning of this year, the most in history.

　　Under the attack of the "Big Three" and the "Later Wave", the time left for the "Mesozoic" was not as much as imagined.

Djokovic, Murray and Cilic, only three men's singles Grand Slam winners participated in this year's US Open. The degree of openness of the game is evident. It depends on who can seize the opportunity to break the monopoly of the giants.

　　It was on the US website six years ago, when the 25-year-old Cilic won his first Grand Slam trophy.

Today, many years later, Cilic, who has passed his thirties, is still the youngest of the current Grand Slam men's singles champions.

Since the Open era, the men's singles has not had a new grand slam winner for 6 consecutive years. This is the first time in history.

　　Will this situation end?

Wait and see Djokovic's answer.

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