Günter Bresnik on Corona effects: "There will be a lot of failures"
Günter Bresnik spoke in an interview about the effects of the corona crisis on tennis. The top coach locates a career brake for young players and welcomes the planned national tournament series.
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"I assume that July will not last. Many even say that the Australian Open 2021 will not start again, ”Bresnik told SchauTV . “I think the planned tournament series is great for Austria and Germany. This way, professionals will definitely be in better shape and start the tour better again. ”
The DTB wants to offer its top players a stage and organizes corona-compliant events, on the one hand to collect donations, but on the other hand to offer the professionals a chance to earn money. A similar series is scheduled to start in Austria at the end of May.
“As long as the pandemic is not over, I am in favor of every security measure. In any case, we should wait until there is no longer any health risk, ”said Bresnik when asked about international tournaments.
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The 59-year-old's academy in the southern part of the city had been "closed" for several weeks. Yvonne Neuwirth, Mira Antonitsch and Julia Grabher have now resumed training due to an exemption for professional sports.
For the future, Bresnik would like the internal quarrels in the association to be resolved. “You need a responsible person. Top-level and popular sports should be well covered, ”said Bresnik. “At the moment Austrian tennis seems to consist only of Dominic. Hopefully Dennis will join them. The substructure in youth is essential. If there are several players in the base, there will be outliers like the Dominic again. "
Bresnik currently sees no one in Austria who will definitely move into the world's top 20 in the future. “Basically, getting into professional tennis is very difficult. Those who are at the top are strongly protected by the system, for new ones it is very difficult to get in there. "
Corona made this process even more difficult. “If the tennis stops completely, the process will probably be delayed by two or three years. There will be a lot of failures, ”said Bresnik.
Bresnik very much regrets that Wolfgang Thiem has now turned his back on the academy in Maria Enzersdorf. “The exit not only hurts sportily, but also personally. It was one of my greatest joys. "