In a long interview with Racquet Magazine, the American and 39th player in the world spoke about several subjects including the resumption of tennis after five months of stoppage due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 23-year-old was keen to stress the involvement of the best players on the circuit who have not abandoned the smaller tournaments.
“I think that says a lot about players like Dominic Thiem, Diego Schwartman, Roberto Bautista Agut, Alexander Zverev or Daniil Medvedev. These guys, who have $ 20 million in the bank, don’t need to gamble right now, especially on an ATP 250, where the winner wins $ 12,000, but they did, and it was almost. out of charity. They went to these tournaments and they played tennis of incredible quality. I give these guys as much respect as I can for playing like they’re fighting for $ 1 million every week, and that’s not easy to do ”, declared an Opelka particularly praiseworthy but which certainly forgets the consequent guarantees which the directors of these small tournaments grant to players of the top 10 like Thiem or Zverev.
Posted on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 15:46
