coronavirus creada por el Adria Tour de Novak Djokovic ha sido contrarrestada por la serenidad británica y el buen hacer de Jamie Murray, hermano de Andy, que ha dado luz a un torneo de exhibición, de acorde con las circunstancias de la pandemia que vive el mundo." data-reactid="19">London, Jun 28 (EFE) .- The escalation of positives in coronavirus created by the Adria Tour of Novak Djokovic has been offset by the British serenity and the good work of Jamie Murray, brother of Andy, who has given birth to an exhibition tournament, according with the circumstances of the pandemic that the world is experiencing.
Goran Ivanisevic, Borna Coric, Grigor Dimitrov, Viktor Troicki, Djokovic himself, his wife … Many are infected by the exhibition organized by the Serb in the Balkans. Massive parties, basketball games, soccer games, public in the stands, hugs, clash of hands, absence of masks and social distance … These are just some of the mistakes that exhibition made, and that Jamie and his family have shortened root to demonstrate what tennis can be in pandemic conditions.
Andy ‘s brother, a dedicated dubber on the circuit with several Grand Slam titles, organized the exhibition together with the British company Schroders, which acts as a sponsor, and Amazon Prime, which broadcast the tournament exclusively in the United Kingdom.
Jamie created a tournament dedicated to British tennis players. In principle to the eight best rackets, although it was expanded due to the losses. Its format has been similar to that of the ATP Finals, with two groups of four players, two semifinals and the final. Matches have been played to the best of three sets, with the introduction of the super tiebreaker in the third rather than a full set.
The great novelty has been the imposition of strict security measures that have collided head-on with those seen in the Balkans.
One of the most iconic images of the preview was that of the Murray brothers talking two meters away leaning on a balcony watching the tournament’s training court, located at the National Tennis Center in London, near where the preview is played from Wimbledon.
The parties have conducted with similar prudence. The figure of the line judges has been eliminated and the controversial points are decided by the Hawkeye.
Each player has his balls, which he will collect himself, thus ending the ball boys, or the coach, who can also supply them. The coach of each player is located at one end, in a chair, with gloves so as not to directly touch the game balls.
In addition, this allows another variant not included in normal tennis, the introduction of ‘coaching’ since the technicians can give instructions to their players.
The tennis players have not had to make side changes, since being an indoor tournament there are no problems with the sun. The sweat towel was on one side of the court and it was the player himself who had to take it to dry.
Obviously there has been no public either. The tournament even tightened its measures when it saw what happened with Djokovic and suspended visits by the press to the facilities.
Jamie Murray has given tennis a boost when he needed it most, just when doubts began to threaten a circuit that has weeks to come. Djokovic created a ridicule that put tennis in the spotlight and an image around this sport that is not real.
Playing tennis is safe, if you know how to do it, and a group of British people have been in charge of proving it.
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