ATP Finals 2020 Teachers and their respective teams sleep in separate rooms
Despus of the first experience with the bubble set up by the USTA in New York and the subsequent one by the French Federation at Roland Garros and Paris-Bercy, The eight best tennis players in the ranking are currently experiencing the extreme security measures of the London Masters Cup due to the pandemic.
Tennis players have lost the freedom and disconnection that spent the night in Westminster, glued to the ‘London Eye’ and the boat trips on the Tmesis. Your hotel is barely 200 meters from the O2 Arena. Nonetheless, They have the same driver assigned for the entire competition week, the same one who picked them up at the airport upon arrival. In this way they reduce contact with more people than necessary.
Unlike previous tournaments, where racket professionals could resort to ordering lunch or dinner through different companies such as Uber Eats, this time they are obliged to eat at the restaurant set up on the playing field.
Most teachers have used the three countries provided by the organization to travel to the appointment with the entire team. This is the case of Rafael Nadal or Andrey Rublev, rivals today in their group and that they are accompanied by their two coaches and the physiotherapist.
Those, at bedtime they do it in separate rooms to prevent a possible coronavirus infection from eliminating their player. It is the ATP recommendation and they follow it to the letter. Marcel Granollers, the other Spaniard in the running and making his doubles debut tomorrow with Horacio Zeballos, has the help of his brother Gerard. Neither do they share a room.
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