VIDEO SHOW: NEWS CONFERENCE BEFORE THE BETT1ACES TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN BERLIN, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST SPORTING EVENT IN GERMANY TO ADMIT FANS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMY
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SHOWS: BERLIN, GERMANY (11 JULY 2020) (REUTERS – ACCESS ALL ALL)
1. EX WORLD NUMBER 2 TONY HAAS AND JULIA GOERGES ENTER IN NEWS CONFERENCE
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3. (SOUNDBITE) (German) BITT1ACES ORGANIZER, EDWIN WEINDORFER, WHICH SAYS:
“This means that we are well positioned, we have done everything in our hands to meet the requirements so that we can have a safe tournament. A few weeks ago, we decided to have spectators participate in the event after a change in the law for sports facilities “.
4. CURRENT NEWS CONFERENCE
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6. (SOUNDBITE) (German) WORLD NUMBER 38, JULIA GOERGES, WHICH SAYS:
“Viewers are very important, I think. They bring emotions and the atmosphere you need. And for us, the fact that 800 people will be able to participate is something that makes us very happy. It is also really important for me how to offer something for spectators too so that they can participate in sporting events again. It will obviously be a little smaller than usual, but I think it is a step in the right direction. “
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8. (SOUNDBITE) (German) EX WORLD NUMBER TWO, TONY HAAS, WHICH SAYS:
“I have never liked playing without spectators. In the past, I would have preferred to cancel and wait until it was possible to play in a bigger stadium. As a player, it would have always been better to feel the emotion coming from the spectators, but, of course, in this situation it is better to have 800 people than to have none. I see it as a step forward and we hope that means that we are well on the way to the new normal. But the new normal is something we will do to find out in the coming months. “
9. CURRENT NEWS CONFERENCE
10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BITT1ACES ORGANIZER, EDWIN WEINDORFER, WHICH SAYS:
“Zero tolerance is not for Sasha Zverev, it is for all players and everyone involved in this tournament. What I mean by” zero tolerance “is that we have regulations, specific health, safety and player regulations, and also the staff, the coaches, the family members have to apply those regulations. And that’s all I said. And I said we also have other players on the sidelines in case something happens because we won’t be on the safe side, and I think it’s right and everyone understands it. “
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12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BITT1ACES ORGANIZER, EDWIN WEINDORFER, WHICH SAYS:
“And we want to do it in a very responsible way and we are in contact with the ATP, the WTA, even the All England Tennis Club, which is also one of our partners in the budding tournament that we also organize, and we also update them with the our results after this tournament. Because there will be results. There will be things that work well and there will be things that perhaps have not worked so well. But we will update them and I have also told those federations that if they want to have our concept of hygiene, we will we will definitely forward to them and share our experience with anyone in the tennis industry who wants this information. “
13. VARIOUS TYPES OF JOURNALIST
14. (SOUNDBITE) (German) FORMER WORLD NUMBER TWO, TONY HAAS, WHICH SAYS:
“I don’t want to speak on behalf of Sasha (Alexander Zverev). I think it is sad that he is not here, I think many of us think so. It is always sad to confirm and events and therefore have to cancel. He is also a prominent player here in Germany and we would have liked to have had him here without a doubt. But he has a new coach and maybe they want to talk about the upcoming tournaments and plan them, I don’t know. It probably also has to do with the latest events that we have all seen as the Adria tour. “
15. DISTANCE RULES OUTSIDE THE CONFERENCE ROOM NEWS
16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WORLD NUMBER 38, JULIA GOERGES, WHICH SAYS:
“I think that overall everyone has done an exceptional job and played first of all in the stadium. And, as we can see now, many safety precautions have been taken in which I definitely feel safe and it is a bit unique and a bit strange when you come from the usual tour and then you come here and it’s a bit of a bubble, but I think it is overall what we are in right now, and if you want to compete, if you want to play and have good games, this is what you have to accept. And I accept it, starting on Monday. “
17. CURRENT NEWS CONFERENCE
18. MISCELLANEOUS HAAS AND GOERGES IN POSITION WITH TENNIS RACKETS
HISTORY: German tennis player Julia Goerges said on Saturday (July 11) that viewers “bring emotions and atmosphere” to the game while promoting the upcoming bett1ACES tennis exhibition in Berlin, the first sporting event in Germany to allow fans to enter after the coronavirus pandemic.
The Berlin health authorities approved a limited number of people for the event, as well as for another tournament a few days later.
The maximum number of fans present will be 800 per day for the outdoor event on the grass on 13-15 July.
In another tournament that will take place on a field in a hangar at Tempelhof airport from 17 to 19 July, the authorities will allow 200 spectators per day.
At a joint press conference, former world number two Tommy Haas agreed with Goerges and tournament organizer Edwin Weindorfer and said the move was a step in the right direction.
When asked about the best German player Alexander Zverev, who was recently seen with numerous players dancing together in a disco including Novak Djokovic, Haas said he was sad about the 23-year-old who would not take part in the Berlin tournament.
The organizers have warned in recent weeks that players would be excluded from the competition if they broke the hygiene rules of COVID-19 after Djokovic, his wife Jelena, three other players, three coaches and a player’s pregnant wife had shown themselves to be positive. for the virus after Adria’s tour, which was initially thought to facilitate tennis from the blockade.
(Production: Oliver Barth, Nikolai Tomas, Ulrike Heil and Elena Gyldenkerne)
