It is a decision by Tennis Australia, which the French old master Jérémy Chardy currently does not understand. Due to the tense hotel situation in Melbourne, the best three players on the ATP and WTA tour (Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem for the men, Ashleigh Barty, Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep for the women) should be in Adelaide and not like the rest of the field at the Melbourne venue go into pre-quarantine.
As “Tennisnet.com” already reported, the Frenchman explained to “L’Equipe” why this decision is not unproblematic in his opinion: “This announcement for the top three comes completely out of nowhere and is a little weird to be careful with You will benefit from a gym in the hotel, you can do your exercises. And that does not count towards your five-hour quota per day. “
According to Chardy, Adelaide players “will be able to go out. It’s going to be almost like a normal life. And they already have a lot of privileges. If they can do more of anything than we can, it won’t be the same preparation. And that’s strange for a sport where everyone should have the same conditions. “
The decision has not yet been finally communicated, but the announcement should already cause discussions among gamers.
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