The weekend once again brought a lot of attention to soccer, baseball and football in New York City. From tomorrow the tennis stars will rule.
by Jens Huiber
last edited: 08/27/2023, 8:29 p.m
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Recently in New York: Lionel Messi and Novak Djokovic
Saturday night in New York City went back to those disciplines that tennis fans rightly consider fringe sports: First of all, there would have been Lionel Messi’s first appearance in the Tristate Area in the jersey of Inter Miami. Tickets for the guest appearance of the Argentinian soccer world champions with the New York Red Bulls would have been available for just over 400 US dollars for last-minute visitors.
Alexander Zverev would have gotten an honorary ticket – but as the German number one admitted at yesterday’s press conference, he hadn’t even known that Messi was playing nearby. Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, paid close attention in this regard. Even if the Serbian grandmaster didn’t make the trip to the stadium in New Jersey.
The trip to Citi Field would have been shorter anyway. The New York Mets play their home games there, and Stefanos Tsitsipas has also made the traditional first pitch there in the past few days. In addition, Zverev was able to report that he had received this honor in 2021. But that he wasn’t allowed to touch baseball because of Corona. Ultimately, only pictures were shot at the time.
Zverev is not allowed to touch the baseball
Zverev is better acquainted with Francisco Lindor, the shortstop of the match. Lindor is one of the better known players in Major League Baseball. But Shohei Ohtani is a unicorn. Because the Japanese can help his team, the Los Angeles Angels, both as an outstanding bat and pitcher. In his home country, Ohtani should be about as popular as Lionel Messi in Argentina. And it was this same Ohtani who was a guest with the Angels for three days within earshot of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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With Monday, however, the big stage belongs to the tennis stars. For almost 14 days. Because the great passion of US sports fans will be served from Thursday, September 7th: That’s when the National Football League season begins. From which tennis – in the USA – is a fringe sport. It’s a good thing that the New York Giants and New York Jets played their last preseason game for the NFL season on Saturday. Parallel to Messi and Ohtani.
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2023-08-27 20:33:15
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