Pat Cash in New York: Some of the rules are completely ridiculous and over kill

Tennis - Retired Australian tennis star Pat Cash, who is coaching American tennis player Brandon Nakashima currently, spoke about the protocols at the Western & Southern Open and the US Open, saying that while some of the testing procedures make sense, some of the rules were 'completely ridiculous and over kill."

Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash on the rules and protocols at the Western & Southern Open and US Open

Cash, a former World No. 4 and former Wimbledon champion, posted a video on his Instagram account, saying, "US open tennis “bubble” procedure - 6.30 am first round of testing in hotel (who else would have that type of carpet🤢) now to wait (approx 24 hrs)for results locked in the room. This makes sense but as I read through the rules it seems that many are completely ridiculous and over kill."

The Western & Southern Open starts on August 20th in New York, followed by the US Open starts on August 31st. The Western & Southern Open usually takes place in Cincinnati but has been moved to New York this year due to the global pandemic and to enable the players to remain in one location during their time in the United States.

Some of the top players including Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios and Stan Wawrinka have decided not to travel to New York this year due to the current health situation.

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US open tennis “bubble” procedure - 6.30 am first round of testing in hotel (who else would have that type of carpet🤢) now to wait (approx 24 hrs)for results locked in the room. This makes sense but as I read through the rules it seems that many are completely ridiculous and over kill.

A post shared by Pat Cash (@therealpatcash) on Aug 16, 2020 at 10:18am PDT

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Team Naskashima arriving in NY for W&S and US opens💪👍 36 hrs quarantine in hotel until test results return. Netflix /Amazon recommendations welcome! Gotta finish Zeitgeist first

A post shared by Pat Cash (@therealpatcash) on Aug 15, 2020 at 6:23pm PDT

Cash is currently working with American youngster Brandon Nakashima, who has a career high ranking of No. 218 in the world and is currently ranked No. 220 in the world

On the junior tour, Nakashima reached a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 3. Nakashima has received a wild card for the US Open Grand Slam event. He has won 2 ITF singles title to date.

55 year old Pat Cash reached a career best ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1988 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 6 that same year.  He won the men´s singles championship at Wimbledon in 1987. He won 6 career singles titles and 12 career doubles titles. Since his retirement from the circuit in 1997, among other things, Cash has worked on television as a presenter and commentator, and also competed on the legends circuit.  Earlier, he has worked with players including Greg Rusedski and Mark Philippoussis. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2005.

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