Tennis News: Reaction to the postponement of the tennis tournament due to the growing prevalence of COVID-19, better known as the corona virus, came from a number of tennis players.
Former world number 1 as well as the 2016 French Open champion and the 2017 Wimbledon season, Garbine Muguruza is one of the tennis players commenting on the current situation in the tennis world today.
Through his personal Twitter account, Muguruza revealed, “Now is the time to stop and wait.”
“Take care of yourself and everyone around you, and stay safe.”
Apart from the current health problems, Garbine Muguruza has found the best performance this season. This was proven after from five tournaments he did in the 2020 season, he managed to advance to the quarterfinals or better than that, including advancing to the final of the Australian Open before losing to Sofia Kenin.
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While the Croatian veteran, known as one of the giant tennis players, Ivo Karlovic uploaded two recent tweets through his personal Twitter account.
The first kiss was about a training session that continued after the suspension of the tournament by the ATP and the other kiss was more directed towards social problems, including a joke about his height.
In the first kiss, Karlovic said, “The tennis tournament was suspended for six weeks. Other training sessions. I need the right thing. “
After that, Karlovic re-uploaded, “The CDC recommends to stay away from the crowd to prevent the spread of the corona virus. I have been doing it since the beginning of the 2000 season. “
The ATP has suspended all tournaments in the next six weeks, while the WTA has canceled several tournaments in the next few weeks and will make observations on all tournaments that will be held in the clay-court season to be held in Europe.
Last month, in the Qatar Open season Garbine lost in the semifinals against Barty. This season, Muguruza has advanced to the quarterfinals of the five tournaments he is running, including being runner up at the Australian Open, his first Grand Slam final since winning the 2017 Wimbledon season.
But this time, Barty showed a performance that made him worthy of perched at number 1 in the world and dashed Muguruza’s hopes.
