ATP Tennis/Non-India Davis Cup

[sameerph]

I read that USTA is in financial trouble. So, they will try everything to see that US open is held. They had said French open will be held with crowd . i doubt if it will happen now.

[Omkara]

So Djokovic organized an Adriatic tour and followed no guidelines in terms of distancing and both Dimitrov and Coric are sick with coronavirus.

I find it hard to see tennis coming back this season with tennis players being idiots generally.

Now djokovic tests positive

[prasen9]

Djokovic's idiotic adventurism will set the reopening back.

I was thinking of playing with my friends with a different set of balls. Say, I would have pink balls and he would have green. We only serve with our colored balls and nobody picks up the other person's. Car to court, play with your balls and then out. Of course, the balls land up and may end up on the floor and coronavirus sticks to them. But, I wash my hands at home. Or maybe have alcohol wipes to wipe the ball from time to time. Or does it need to be after every time I touch it by hand? Any thoughts on how to safely modify things to "reopen" early?

[Sin Hombre]

You should be fine with that prasen.

Djokovic and co were out clubbing and partying.

[prasen9]

Thanks.

[sameerph]

ATP announces temporary adjustments in the ATP ranking system and will consider best 18 results from 18 months for rankings this year -

ATP Announces Adjustments To FedEx ATP Rankings Due To COVID-19

[sameerph]

And looks like the whole ATP tour will be back from 14th August with first the US hard court season and then clay court season.

ATP Issues Revised Calendar For Tour Resumption

First tournament at Washington is already cancelled -

ATP Announces Cancellation Of The 2020 Citi Open

I wonder will US open will still go on.

[prasen9]

At this point, it would be stupid. NY is not allowing people from 31 states out of 50 to come in and not quarantine. Will players do a 14 day quarantine? With players coming from so many different countries, it is not a good idea.

[SaniaFan]

NY is not allowing people from 31 states out of 50 to come in and not quarantine.

How are they doing it selectively? So if some one wants to go to NY they can first go to one of the other 18 states and from there they can go to NY?

[prasen9]

You are supposed to self-quarantine. If you do not, then there is not anything they will do unless you are caught. If you stayed only a few days in an intermediate state, then that is not good enough. Your driver license says which state you normally reside. And, if you lie to law enforcement officials you can be prosecuted for that. If you are from a different state and come to NY and are caught for not quarantining, there is a heavy fine (thousands of $).

Maybe a kind MOD can move the last two to the coronavirus thread?

[SaniaFan]

Ok so it is DL/State Id based only.

[prasen9]

I think it depends upon the interpretation of people "from" those states and people "coming from" those states. So, I presume if you are either from those states or you went to those states and then came to NY, NJ, CT, then you will be required to quarantine. It is not only DL/ID based.

Wrt airports, it is somewhat easy. Travel Enforcement

[PKBasu]

Very impressive play from 27-year-old qualifier Aslan Karatsev (RUS, 114) against 8th seeded Diego Schwartzman. Karatsev is playing in his first Slam main draw, and he thrashed Egor Gerasimov (BLR, 79) 60 61 60 in R2 -- after Gerasimov himself had beaten 25th seed Paire in the first round (the latter complaining about being denied any practice for 2 weeks after someone on his flight tested positive). Karatsev now leads 6-3, 3-2 (and is serving, having just broken Schwartzman at love). Karatsev had a great run on the Challenger tour at the end of last year, and was picked for the Russian ATP Cup team as a result. Medvedev called him the secret weapon that wasn't ever used (because Russia rarely had to play doubles). But he is looking very impressive indeed in this third round match. Let's see if he can keep it up.

Karatsev should be an inspiration for Yuki when he comes back from injury!

[PKBasu]

Karatsev's level didn't let up, and he won 63 63 63 to make the R4. Not bad for a qualifier who has been a lifelong Challenger journeyman, and is playing his first Slam main draw. (He won 18 of 20 matches on the Challenger circuit between May and November last year though, so he has been on a great run of form).

Terrific match between Thiem and Kyrgios. The latter was brilliant in the first two sets, but Thiem dug deep to pull through in 5 close sets.

Taylor Fritz has taken Djoker to the fifth set. He looks like the real deal.

[PKBasu]

Djoker used some gamesmanship early in the fifth set to throw Fritz off. It worked. Fritz made a brilliant volley in Djoker's first service game of the set to make it Deuce. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the volley, but Djoker began to protest loudly about the legality of the shot. Absolutely bizarre and nonsensical protest. But he soon broke Fritz, and took the final set 6-2. The crowd had to leave before the fourth set ended, in order to get home before midnight.