Players complain about Adelaide’s display

There is less and less time for the first players to start arriving in Australia from all kinds of international flights. The unprecedented deployment that Tennis Australia It was intended to carry out to ensure the safety of players and fans saw some loopholes as the days went by. As a last resort, Craig Tiley it needed a new city to host a staff of around 50 people because Melbourne’s bubble was about to reach its limit. And Craig saw an opportunity there.

The solution taken by the aussie president will allow the male and female top3 to travel directly to Adelaide, in a bubble that will house around 50 people and that will lead to an exhibition on January 29 and 30. If we take into account that Tiley clearly said that the quarantine will be identical for these lucky ones … so far, so good. But the rest of the circuit has begun to think about what this means and it does not seem that they are very happy, according to L’Equipe.

Do you remember the five hours maximum “free” time outside the hotel room? It seems that, in a reduced bubble and with less risk of infection, this condition will not even be necessary. What also seems to set many on fire is the possibility that Novak, Rafa and Dominic will have to be with various members of their teams: while the rest of the players can only count on one person, the bubble of 50 will allow the cream of the circuit to be much more accompanied during those two weeks.

Jeremy Chardy, who is currently contesting the Antalya tournament, was especially critical and clear with this decision. “This ad made for the top3 comes from nowhere and, to put it mildly, it is a little while. They are going to benefit from having a gym in the hotel, they will be able to do all their exercises there and that time will not count for them. quota of 5 hours that you can be outside the hotel. They will be able to leave there, they will almost be in conditions close to normality. they already have many more privileges, if they can do more than everything you do, we will not have the same preparation “, sentenced the Gaul.

Same conditions … not for all

Chardy pointed out his complaints thinking about the comforts that Djokovic or Nadal will enjoy … or that others could have enjoyed in a different scenario: “This is all quite strange for a sport where we are all supposed to have the same conditions. If I were # 4 in the world, I would feel defeated. And what would have happened if Federer played the tournament?”

We will never know, Jeremy. Would Craig Tiley have allowed it? It is something that we cannot verify, but what does seem evident is that this exhibition it has not sat well at all in the ATP locker room. We will see if more players verbalize it soon.