“Without tennis in 2020? It would be unwise to give up now”

The president of the ATP, Andrea Gaudenzi, He analyzed in an interview in Reuters the options that are being considered for a possible return of the men's circuit. Some of the great tennis players already end 2020 in terms of activity internationally. “It would be unwise to surrender now. No one knows what is going to happen, so we try to maintain an optimistic vision. Within that possible return, there would be a very wide range of options: play behind closed doors or decide how to deal with travel restrictions, “says Gaudenzi.

Tennis inactivity is set until July 13, just after Wimbledon. Later, it is not known what will happen. “We have set May 15 as the deadline to decide what we do with the July tournaments. Later on June 1, we will look at the options for the August tournaments (then the US Open would come first and Roland Garros, already in September). We study all the options and we are giving ourselves six to eight weeks to make each decision “adds the Italian.

The tennis players, in their different countries, can already start, at different levels and scales, to train, but the difference between each geographical point makes it difficult for tournaments. “Australia is in a totally different phase than the United Kingdom. Sweden we see that it is in a different situation. Surely we could play in Sweden today, but … Could 100 players travel there? No, and that is the challenge that we have “, Gaudenzi concluded.