"This is why the players need to unite as one and make a decision for themselves because it's not healthy to play in," he said.
World No.2 Novak Djokovic, who is president of the ATP Player Council, has spoken of his concern for player welfare and questioned whether the tournament start should be delayed until conditions improved.Credit:There was no option to move play to the venue's eight indoor courts, excluding the main air-conditioned arenas such as Rod Laver Arena, as there are permanent open vents.
Tennis Australia said they had consulted with their medical team, led by Dr Carolyn Broderick, the Bureau of Meteorology and the EPA, as well as using on-court monitoring devices, before deciding to press ahead.
He’s 100% right. Proud of him. The people at the upper echelons of sport and society are not directly impacted by this and thus have no vested interest in speaking out against it. They aren’t suffering, we are.
Por favor, recuerdanos tus declaraciones cuando Nadal como en otras muchas ocasiones se quejó a la organización de los calendarios tan inadecuados que quemaban al deportista. Recuérdanos tus posturas en estas y otras cuestiones. Qué apoyo dabas tú ?
Brayden Schnur is free to withdraw & go home.. stop wining kid - Grow up
Remember when ScottyfromMarketing said horse racing ads on Opera house was good for advertising as the structure was the biggest billboard in Australia. How good is the AustralianOpen2020 in SmokeHaze? Let’s dig more mine and burn more coal baby! auspol
BraydenSchnur will be back home after the 1st round. Not sure why he would be concerned
Diddums. 🙄
suck it up - literally
they should have an alternant venue sorted out just incase
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