選手都隔離到崩潰 喬科維奇建議參考NBA - 網球 Tennis

選手都隔離到崩潰 喬科維奇建議參考NBA泡泡聯盟
2021/02/16 23:09

喬科維奇。（歐新社）

〔體育中心／綜合報導〕球王喬科維奇（Novak Djokovic）今在男單8強戰淘汰德國小茲
維瑞夫（Alexander Zverev）拿到4強門票，賽後他特別提到隔離14天對選手帶來的影響
。

喬科維奇在32強時拉傷腹肌，不過隨後帶傷上陣連過兩關，今在賽後記者會上特別提到隔
離對選手帶來的影響，表示現在的一切都是不正常的，頂尖選手如他自己、小茲維瑞夫、
以及納達爾等人，可以因為環境關係獲得更好的準備，不過有些球員的處境就會比較艱難
。

「我不會抱怨，但隔離確實對選手的身體狀況帶來影響，」喬科維奇說，「我們都希望是
暫時的，所有選手都希望未來一整季不用去到哪裡都先進行隔離。我無意指責任何人，只
希望提出這個問題來討論，然後能等到答案。」

喬科維奇也提到可以參考NBA「泡泡聯盟」的方式，讓選手集中一地進行比賽，塞爾維亞
記者歐茲莫（Sasa Ozmo）透露，喬帥隨後用母語回答問題時，表示這次賽事看到很多選
手因為隔離出現身心崩潰的狀況。

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Injured Djokovic slams quarantine, suggests NBA-style 'bubble' tennis season

Issued on: 16/02/2021 - 16:48
Modified: 16/02/2021 - 16:46

Top seed Novak Djokovic blamed the mandatory 14-day quarantine for injuries at
the Australian Open on Tuesday and demanded a better solution for the tennis
season, suggesting NBA-style "bubbles".

The eight-time winner is one of several players battling injury at the year's
first Grand Slam, where more than 1,000 competitors and officials had to quara
ntine on arrival in Australia.

Djokovic is carrying an abdominal problem as is Italy's Matteo Berrettini, who
was unable to play his fourth-round match on Monday.

Grigor Dimitrov suffered back spasms during his quarter-final defeat by Aslan
Karatsev, and 20-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal also has a back problem.

Djokovic suffered his injury in his third-round win over Taylor Fritz, and sai
d it was the worst he had had to deal with at a Grand Slam.

"What we are seeing is not normal. It's not something we are used to," Djokovi
c said, after beating Alexander Zverev in four sets to reach the semi-finals.

"Obviously it has something to do with these kind of circumstances that we wer
e in. I mean, coming into a Grand Slam and a tournament before the Grand Slam
right after 14 days', 15 days' quarantine," he added.

The 33-year-old world number one said players were unhappy at the prospect of
further quarantines this year, and said the ATP player council was discussing
the problem with managers of the men's tour.

The coronavirus pandemic wiped out five months of last season and remains a ma
jor problem this year in a globe-trotting sport that relies on ease of interna
tional travel.

Even after their quarantine, the Australian Open players are now back in a bio
secure "bubble" and fans are barred after the state of Victoria went into a sn
ap five-day lockdown to curb a new outbreak.

- 'Cannot have a travelling circuit' -

"Talking to a lot of players, a majority of the players just don't want to go
ahead with the season if we are going to have to quarantine most of the tourna
ments," Djokovic said.

"I'm waiting for some answers," he added.

"I want to understand how our continuation of the season post-Australia is goi
ng to look like, because this definitely is not good for players in terms of t
heir wellbeing."

The Serb said one idea under discussion was playing several tournaments at the
same venue, much like the NBA basketball's "bubble" solution to complete the
season last year at Disney World in Florida.

"We have to find a way, whether it's something like an NBA bubble, because I h
eard some players talk about that, and I don't mind to discuss about that kind
of idea," Djokovic said.

"Select one place and we play all the tournaments on that surface and that pla
ce. You know, three, four weeks in, three, four, two, three weeks' rest, then
back again. Something like that. I don't know.

"But we just have to discuss options, because I don't know honestly if this is
going to work."

Germany's Zverev also said "we can't have a travelling circuit right now" and
backed the idea of playing multiple tournaments in one venue.

"I think what the ATP should do and should look into is maybe having a venue l
ike here and play multiple weeks at one place," said the world number seven.

"Multiple tournaments, multiple weeks. Because at the end of the day in Europe
right now we can't have spectators anyways, so what difference does it really
make where we play the tournament?"

"We simply cannot have a travelling circuit with how things are going," Zverev
added.

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