Wimbledon cancellation: How Kerber, Kvitova, Halep and Co. react
The cancellation of the Wimbledon tournament and the consequently delayed return of professional tennis are of concern to the top players on the WTA tour. Angelique Kerber is particularly affected, who also dropped two appearances at home.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Apr 01, 2020, 11:15 pm
Kerber had planned with the starts at the new lawn tournaments in Bad Homburg and Berlin, in Wimbledon the winner of 2018 wanted to rejoin the old form. The cancellation of the Olympic Games in Tokyo also hit the silver medal winner of Rio de Janeiro 2016 hard.
Petra Kvitova has had two successes on Church Road, the Czech emphasized the special importance of Wimbledon. For themselves and for tennis as a whole.
Defending champion Simona Halep also spoke.
Karolina Pliskova was rather brief.
Eugenie Bouchard, on the other hand, showed humor. The Canadian said that she would use the free time to train a one-handed backhand.