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Tennis: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic want to play in the United States

The best German tennis players Angelique Kerber and Julia Görges are not planning to start the tournament in Cincinnati in mid-August. They are missing from the entry list for the dress rehearsal for the US Open, which is to take place in New York, as is the Grand Slam tournament. Five top ten players, on the other hand, have registered, including the American Serena Williams and the world number one Ashleigh Barty from Australia.

Kerber had recently left her return on the WTA tour and participation in the US Open open. Despite the many uncertainties due to the corona pandemic, those responsible for the Grand Slam tournament continue to assume that the tournament will take place. This is criticized by many. “It is logical that currently no normal person wants to travel to the USA,” said Belinda Bencic, currently world ranking eighth, the “Aargauer Zeitung”.

Various top players also want to compete in the men: in addition to the world number one Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and Rafael Nadal (Spain), Alexander Zverev is also registered for the Masters event from Cincinnati to New York from August 20 to 28.

Despite the cancellation of the ATP tournament in Washington and the dramatic situation in the rest of the country, the American tennis association USTA had made it clear that it wanted to host the Grand Slam tournament in New York. It is currently completely unclear whether the players traveling from all over the world will first have to be in quarantine after entering the USA.

The same applies to the question of what happens when you return to Europe, where the tennis tour will continue from mid-September with the clay court tournaments in Madrid, Rome and the French Open in Paris. For example, a two-week quarantine after the US Open would make it impossible for the professionals to start in Madrid. So clay court specialist Nadal recently signaled that they might want to do without the US Open.

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