Davis Cup in Innsbruck without fans - lockdown in Austria
Austria's federal government has pulled the corona emergency brake and prescribed a 20-day lockdown for the country. This means that the Davis Cup quarter-final round in Innsbruck will take place without a spectator.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Nov 19, 2021, 11:43 am
Unfortunately, times can change that quickly. Due to the successful implementation of the 2G rule, the Erste Bank Open in Vienna played in front of full grandstands; a few weeks later in Innsbruck the Austrians, British, Germans, Serbs, Czechs and French will now find a place in the Davis Cup semi-finals without fans Have to be canceled in 2021. This is the consequence of the 20-day lockdown that the Austrian government announced on Friday in Vienna. Not only the players and the spectators suffer, but also the organizer, the emotion Group around Herwig Straka and Edwin Weindorfer.
Straka had already expressed the assumption in the Wiener Stadthalle that it would be difficult or even impossible for foreign fans to come to Innsbruck. Now the home advantage for Dennis Novak and Co. is no longer there.
The other two venues, Madrid and Turin, on the other hand, could come up with a good mood in the stands. Above all, the situation in Spain is much better than in Austria and Germany due to the high vaccination rate, the ATP finals are currently taking place in Turin. Not in front of full seats, but in an atmospheric setting.