All the doubts of Italy vs South Korea: without crowds and ball boys

The world is going through a difficult time for the spread of the coronavirus. The countries most affected by this virus which started from China are implementing containment policies which, among the various aspects of life, also involve sport and tennis.

In the weekend there will be the qualifying round for the Davis Cup Finals, in November. One of the matches will be between Italy and South Korea, between two of the most affected countries.

The match is in serious doubt, as the Italian government is implementing containment policies, such as the closure of schools and universities until March 15th.

For now, one of the safest situations will be the absence of the crowd. Rumors talked about players who will have to take the towel and dry themselves, between one game and another. So the presence of the ball boys is in doubt, or a decidedly secondary role for them.

"We are in a serious situation. We are here to play a tennis match, a sports competition and we try to do it without panic. Naturally, we are waiting for the directives of the government: we will play if we can do it, we will play without the crowd if they tell us to do it, we will not play if they tell us not to do it.

We cannot say that we are in the best conditions in general because there is a very serious situation across the country. We try to go on with a normal life no matter how little we think or think about Coronavirus" Said Corrado Barazzutti, captain of the Italian team. A still very uncertain situation.

from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2vAe3X5