The Roland Garros move was very sneaky and smart because they basically nabbed the latest realistic date. The US Open could try postponing and letting Wimbledon (try to) take its spot but realistically Wimbledon is probably dead for this year.
I'm not sure why people are pretending things are happening globally before 2021. Even if your country will be fine before then, if you're hosting a global event then you have to accept the world won't have recovered before 2021.
I'm not sure why people are pretending things are happening globally before 2021. Even if your country will be fine before then, if you're hosting a global event then you have to accept the world won't have recovered before 2021.
If a sporting event (or any other event, e.g., music concert) has to be cancelled for health reasons, it makes no difference if its indoors or outdoors. Therefore, the only logical position is that Wimbledon is cancelled.
This virus will not go away, we have to learn to live with it. Makes no sense to close down everything for eternity. Once the numbers start dropping and hospitals arent overloaded anymore, we will have to restart our public lives.
I cant imagine the whole world on holding for one year, that would be much more devastating than the disease itself.
Since its on grass and they said they wont do it without a crowd, it seems unlikely to have Wimbledon this year. Its possible the French Open happens wth limited crowds, and also possible US Open moves to Indian Wells or Miami and plays after the French Open with limited crowds.
So there still could be 3 majors from October thru January, 4 months
These governments are in a tough spot. If you dont have social distancing, you risk a situation like Italy, where they have to choose who they let die and who they try to save. In some countries they dont hav hospital space. But you cant let the millions who need a paycheck starve either
Has any democracy gotten thru this and improved? I dont know if China is telling the true story and Italy is still in a terrible way.
There’s literally only one thing that can be “decided” next week and that is cancellation. They can’t say they will postpone it as nobody knows when all of this will be over, so postpone it to when? 1 month later, then cancel it closer to the time? No. Its already been cancelled. They will just make it official next week.
It is possible a sport that is global like tennis is the last to return to normalcy.
But there is so much tv money in a major, I can see France & US trying to have the tournaments, even with no crowds
That is the decision going on all over the world. Caution vs losing huge money
What about this idea – make it a 5 week tournament.
Split the womens and mens tournament.
Take 128 players from each – test them and the minimum amount of staff required to run the Championship for two weeks before their relevant weeks. Once cleared to play, isolate them to play both the tournaments over a two weeks period separately for men and women. If it all works out – hold a mixed championship over one week after the both the singles championships have been completed.
If the pandemic has settled down in 3 months time – have spectators – otherwise no spectators, only TV Cameras.