Cahill: “About 150 players in the world make a living out of tennis”

We already know that the coronavirus pandemic deeply affected the lives of tennis players around the globe, but now Darren Cahill, the coach of the fresh winner of the Prague Open, Simona Halep, discussed the situation that got low-ranked players and their teams in great financial problems. 

“There's no question that the top players make a ton of money in tennis. If you're in the top 40 or 50 players in the world you're doing pretty well for yourself, but beyond that, tennis is not great providing jobs to the sport,” Cahill told Wide World of Sports.

“So I think about 150 players in the world are able to make a living out of tennis and there are millions of players trying to make a living. Through this 6-month period, where the code restrictions came in, not only the players have not been making one single cent, but also the entire teams related to those players or the coaches, the physios, the trainers… So the players are desperate to get back on to the court and play. I don't blame anyone for jumping on a plane coming across you to New York that said I certainly don't blame anyone for sitting it out and staying away and making sure that things back home stay safe.”

The transition from hard courts to clay courts will be tough, says Darren Cahill

In his interview live from Vegas to Wide World of Sports, Australian Darren Cahill imagined the scenario that players will have to go through if they intend to play both the US Open and the French Open. From his side, the transition from hard courts to clay courts is going to be difficult for most of the players, especially as it will happen suddenly.

“I think the quarantine issue has been taken away now so the players that actually compete in New York got an exemption when they fly across to Rome so they won’t have to quarantine over there. They have to stay in sort of a bubble from New York straight across to Italy and once you get there you got a week off before the French Open. Only 2 weeks between the end of the US Open and the start of the French Open, so Roma is incredibly tough, from hard courts to clay," said Darren Cahill in the Wide World of Sports interview.

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