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Trouble times with bread are lesser. So thinks, for example, the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek, 23 years old and 91st on the WTA world list. On Monday he lost in the first round of the Australian great against Zarina Diyas, Garbiñe Muguruza’s next rival; but compiling, he says that he would repeat the experience of this year in Melbourne despite all the vicissitudes since the arrival of the tennis players in the country.
“Of course I will accept it,” he replied to the Reuters agency in reference to the check for 100,000 Australian dollars (64,000 euros) that the organization will give him for having accessed the main draw and having played the first match, in which he rallied for 81 minutes on the track. Last year, the figure was 57,000 euros for the debut. “It’s a really high prize for me, so it’s worth the two-week quarantine. I am 22 years old, I do not come from a rich background and I am from a small country, so I do not have many sponsors or anything like that, “he said.
Aware of the situation generated by the pandemic in the professional environment, Tennis Australia (the country’s federation) decided to increase the prizes of this edition until the round of eighths, with the aim of attracting the most modest players and alleviating, in some way , the inactivity that affected both circuits, resumed last August; although, in the case of the female, detained practically from the summer until the end of 2020.
Those who reached at least the second round will enter around 95,000 euros, while the third will mean a profit of 137,000 and the fourth of 204,000. The event management, with Craig Tiley at the helm, will pull the blanket in the final rounds, and the champions will get almost a million euros less: from 2.6 last year to 1.7 this year.
Attendance of 19,900 fans
“If I went back, I would not travel here again,” lamented the Spanish Paula Badosa, who lived a hard experience being locked up for 21 days, after contracting the virus (British strain) on the flight to Melbourne. The only player who tested positive. “I think Australia is doing very, very well, so they don’t have cases. But my complaint [recogida en las páginas de este periódico] it was never that. It was because of the conditions, ”the Catalan settled after falling on Tuesday.
On the other hand, attendance at Melbourne Park continues to record data unimaginable in other territories that mark a much higher statistic of infections and deaths. As reported by the organization yesterday, in the first two days about 17,500 people attended the facilities, and yesterday 19,900 paraded through the complex. It should be remembered that Tennis Australia finally opted for a daily capacity of 50%.
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