Australian Open boss believes top stars have a break
Roger Federer will no longer serve at a tennis tournament in 2020. Craig Tiley, head of Tennis Australia, believes that other big names in the tennis scene will take the rest of the year off.
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last edit: Jul 22, 2020, 09:34 am
Basically, this is an interesting bet that Craig Tiley, the active boss of Tennis Australia, who is responsible for the Australian Open, is also involved in the Laver Cup and the ATP Cup. He had spoken to many top players. "There is not one of them who is not looking forward to the beginning of 2021 so that tennis can start all over the world with the new season," Tiley told The Age newspaper.
Roger Federer is definitely one of them, but according to Craig Tiley the Swiss will not remain the only one. "I personally believe that some of the top players are doubtful for the rest of 2020 because they think it is too early."
So who is betting against it? In any case, the impressions of the past few weeks are mixed. Players like Dominic Thiem , Matteo Berrettini or Stefanos Tsitsipas , who have participated in various exhibition tournaments, definitely seem ready for a return to competitive tennis soon. Already in New York City at the end of August, the ambitious USTA plan with the combined staging of the Cincinnati tournament followed by the US Open should actually be implemented.
Djokovic and Nadal at the start in Madrid at the latest
Nothing has been heard from Alexander Zverev for a long time, but it can be assumed that the German number one with neo-coach David Ferrer is not just torturing himself for the fun of training in Monte Carlo. But as a preparation for upcoming competitions.
So stay out of the row of the best players in the world Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal . Both have raised concerns about conditions at the US Open. But both have also announced that they want to be on the court again in Madrid in mid-September at the latest. And the option of a trip to New York was kept open. Craig Tiley's prognosis therefore seems to be on a somewhat clay-like basis.