Tennis Australia on verge of creating domestic competition

Tennis Australia is reportedly on the verge of creating a new domestic competition. 

The ATP and WTA tours have been suspended until at least July 13 due to the coronavirus outbreak. 

Unfortunately, there isn't too much optimism that the season will resume on July 13. 

But for the few weeks now, Tennis Australia has been exploring a possibility of creating a domestic competition while the Tour is suspended. 

"We’re right in the thick of that and we’ll soon be rolling it out,” Tennis Australia chief Craig Tiley told The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.

"We’ve got one competition which we’re going to be announcing and rolling out and, who knows, it may become a new normal for us at that time of the year, which could be pretty cool."

But Tiley noted that even if something happens it won't happen soon.

"We have to wait for a lot of those restrictions to be lifted before going with something that we could actually roll out,” Tiley said. “But we’re excited."

Tiley also said that the nature of tennis will help in the creation of a domestic competition.

"We’re fortunate that because we’re a sport that you can practice social distance and isolation and still compete, because you’re so far from your opponent,” Tiley said.

“You can switch sides of the court by going [a different] side from the net … and be pretty far from your opponent.

"We do have that luxury when it comes to the sport of tennis, and we’ll certainly use it."

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