We have great news from New York as the fight with the Coronavirus is going in the right direction.
During his Monday’s briefing, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo explained that he is ready to reopen the activities in the state on a regional basis. In addition, low-risk outdoor can reopen statewide. Cuomo clearly stated that tennis is among these activities.
Is this good for the US Open?
Of course, allowing recreational tennis and letting the US Open taking place are 2 different things. However, it is encouraging that our beloved sport is widely considered as low risk and therefore “new ways” to organize the American slam may be found.
The US Open is still scheduled to commence by the end of August, and there are various scenarios that are taken into considerations. The events may be played without fans, or it can be moved altogether to Indian Wells that has the capacity and the premises to host this kind of tournament.
Tennis is a sport whose social distancing is natural (singles). This is a big difference with some other sports. For example, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the American face of the fight against the COVID-19, has recently blasted football to say: “If people are in such close contact as football players are on every single play, then that’s the perfect set up for spreading.”
If everything goes well, we might have the opportunity to see Federer, Nadal, Djokovic (and more) back to action in August!
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2020
Currently the world no.4, Federer played his last match on the 30th of January when he surrendered to Novak Djokovic 7-61 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open.
Roger Federer’s most significant result of the year was getting to the semi-finals at the Australian Open.
Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2020
Ranked world no.2, the Spaniard played his last match on the 29th of February when he beat Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 in the final in Acapulco to win his 85th career title.
Currently, this season the Spaniard has a 13-3 win-loss record. Nadal clinched 1 title in Acapulco.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other 40 times. The head to head is 24-16 for Nadal. The last time that they played, Roger Federer won 7-63 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London (Wimbledon) in July 2019.
Novak Djokovic’s ranking and performance in 2020
Ranked world no.1, Novak played his last match on the 29th of February when he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the final in Dubai to win his 80th career title.
Currently, this season the Serbian has a 18-0 win-loss record. The Serbian clinched 2 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open and in Dubai.
