2021 In Between Grand Slam Thread

josip

Nadal has tested positive for Covid

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/59726728

Do (vaccinated) players have to wait 14 days after a positive test before being allowed to travel to Australia? Or do they have to show a negative PCR?

I don't think he'll be in Melbourne. Which mightn't be a bad thing for him anyway. It's a long trip for a tournament he had little chance of winning. This way he has more time to focus on his return and being in good shape for Roland Garos.

josip

So, it looks like a fudge has been reached.

Players will be able to play without having to disclose whether they're vaccinated or not.

And medical exemptions will be allowed in Melbourne.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/22/novak-djokovic-wants-to-play-at-australian-open-says-tennis-australia-chief

jacool

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118359741#Comment_118359741

This in the article "all Open players would be staying in the same accommodation – Crown Towers – during the tournament"

If I was vaccinated, I would not want a potentially unvaccinated person sharing my space. Wonder would any players have the bottle to speak up?

Girly Gal

Just wondering what could the possible medical exemptions be? All players would be fit and healthy, only thing I could think of is possibly being allergic to the vaccine.

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118390804#Comment_118390804

The list was doing the rounds on Twitter a few days ago, you'll be able to find it if you search. It's a very small, precise set of circumstances, you'd have to be very sceptical of anyone who managed to fit the criteria.

It's all up in the air though whether any medical exemptions are going to be granted, some reports saying they will whilst others are saying absolutely not. Serbian media in particularly seems divided about Djokovic's participation, there's a new report every couple of days contradicting the other.

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/115790611#Comment_115790611

Time to review this. All four grand slams did indeed get played, and (I think?) with mostly full crowds, although the Australian Open did have a few days behind closed doors and the French Open did have that rather pointless 8pm curfew in place. I think most of the masters didn't have any limits on attendance? Can't fully remember.

Wasn't exactly a hard prediction, but we did indeed see two new winners on the WTA side, as well as four different slam winners. I was oddly closely to predicting Fernandez would win a slam and also correct about someone having a meteoric rise, just had no idea it would (or could) be Raducanu. Obviously, I didn't see Krejcikova coming either.

I was correct in saying there wasn't a whole lot of change on the ATP side, although injuries largely wiped out Thiem and Federer's seasons. Was a bit surprising to see Nadal walk away empty-handed this year but unsurprising to see Djokovic almost do a clean sweep. Sinner wasn't a big threat at this years slams but he did have a big year, rising from #37 to #10. Wouldn't be surprising to see him go deeper next year, but Alcaraz is probably the one a lot of us have our eye on now.

I don't think there were any major slip-ups on the covid front, but that's a question we might see answered based on who does and doesn't show up in Melbourne.

yerwanthere123

2022 thread.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118390693#Comment_118390693

it's a bit moot with Omicron on the scene in fairness as current vaccines offer little protection in terms of actual infection (severity yes).

30,000 plus cases a day (or real figure could be far higher in reality) in Ireland and the majority of people testing positive being double vaxxed and with the booster.

josip

Murray, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic will play for Bjorg in the Laver Cup this year.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119376744#Comment_119376744

basically just an exhibition event though no?

Berrettini takes out Thiem with ease in the Swiss Open

Will face Ruud in the final

yerwanthere123

Wrong thread guys!