bett1Aces: Nick Kyrgios and Caroline Garcia are also not coming to Berlin
The organizers of bett1ACES in Berlin received three cancellations on Wednesday! The management of Alexander Zverev has the organizers of the tennis invitation tournaments from July 13 to 15, 2020 in the Steffi Graf Stadium of the "LTTC Rot-Weiß" eV and from July 17 to 19, 2020 in Hangar 6 of Tempelhof Airport informs that the current world ranking seventh refrains from competing in Berlin.
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Nick Kyrgios will not come to Germany due to the tense Corona situation in his home country Australia. And in the women's division, Latvian Anastasija Sevastova steps in for Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, who had to pass due to a foot injury.
Alexander Zverev gave no further reason for his waiver of the "double pack" in Berlin: "His management has informed us that he does not want to play a tournament for the time being and will therefore not travel to Berlin," explains organizer Edwin Weindorfer. "We are disappointed with this decision, because in our view it would have been a good chance for Alexander Zverev to focus on his tennis again in front of an audience in Berlin after the turbulence," adds Weindorfer.
Sevastova steps in for the women
Weindorfer says of Nick Kyrgios' withdrawal: “The coronavirus crisis has intensified again in Australia. When we hired Nick Kyrgios for Berlin in May, this development was not to be expected. As can be said at all, in the time marked by Corona, there are always problems with the organization of tennis tournaments that have never been known before. “Weindorfer and his team are now making intensive efforts to compensate for the losses by making new commitments. "Time is extremely pressing, but we will do everything we can to find possible 'last minute options'," said Weindorfer.
Anastasija Sevastova has already done that for women. The 30-year-old Latvian has four tournament victories on the WTA tour and is the best world ranking position eleven from October 2018. Sevastova is currently 43rd in the WTA ranking.