选手都隔离到崩溃 乔科维奇建议参考NBA泡泡联盟
2021/02/16 23:09
乔科维奇。（欧新社）
〔体育中心／综合报导〕球王乔科维奇（Novak Djokovic）今在男单8强战淘汰德国小兹
维瑞夫（Alexander Zverev）拿到4强门票，赛后他特别提到隔离14天对选手带来的影响
。
乔科维奇在32强时拉伤腹肌，不过随后带伤上阵连过两关，今在赛后记者会上特别提到隔
离对选手带来的影响，表示现在的一切都是不正常的，顶尖选手如他自己、小兹维瑞夫、
以及纳达尔等人，可以因为环境关系获得更好的准备，不过有些球员的处境就会比较艰难
。
“我不会抱怨，但隔离确实对选手的身体状况带来影响，”乔科维奇说，“我们都希望是
暂时的，所有选手都希望未来一整季不用去到哪里都先进行隔离。我无意指责任何人，只
希望提出这个问题来讨论，然后能等到答案。”
乔科维奇也提到可以参考NBA“泡泡联盟”的方式，让选手集中一地进行比赛，塞尔维亚
记者欧兹莫（Sasa Ozmo）透露，乔帅随后用母语回答问题时，表示这次赛事看到很多选
手因为隔离出现身心崩溃的状况。
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Injured Djokovic slams quarantine, suggests NBA-style 'bubble' tennis season
Issued on: 16/02/2021 - 16:48
Modified: 16/02/2021 - 16:46
Top seed Novak Djokovic blamed the mandatory 14-day quarantine for injuries at
the Australian Open on Tuesday and demanded a better solution for the tennis
season, suggesting NBA-style "bubbles".
The eight-time winner is one of several players battling injury at the year's
first Grand Slam, where more than 1,000 competitors and officials had to quara
ntine on arrival in Australia.
Djokovic is carrying an abdominal problem as is Italy's Matteo Berrettini, who
was unable to play his fourth-round match on Monday.
Grigor Dimitrov suffered back spasms during his quarter-final defeat by Aslan
Karatsev, and 20-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal also has a back problem.
Djokovic suffered his injury in his third-round win over Taylor Fritz, and sai
d it was the worst he had had to deal with at a Grand Slam.
"What we are seeing is not normal. It's not something we are used to," Djokovi
c said, after beating Alexander Zverev in four sets to reach the semi-finals.
"Obviously it has something to do with these kind of circumstances that we wer
e in. I mean, coming into a Grand Slam and a tournament before the Grand Slam
right after 14 days', 15 days' quarantine," he added.
The 33-year-old world number one said players were unhappy at the prospect of
further quarantines this year, and said the ATP player council was discussing
the problem with managers of the men's tour.
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out five months of last season and remains a ma
jor problem this year in a globe-trotting sport that relies on ease of interna
tional travel.
Even after their quarantine, the Australian Open players are now back in a bio
secure "bubble" and fans are barred after the state of Victoria went into a sn
ap five-day lockdown to curb a new outbreak.
- 'Cannot have a travelling circuit' -
"Talking to a lot of players, a majority of the players just don't want to go
ahead with the season if we are going to have to quarantine most of the tourna
ments," Djokovic said.
"I'm waiting for some answers," he added.
"I want to understand how our continuation of the season post-Australia is goi
ng to look like, because this definitely is not good for players in terms of t
heir wellbeing."
The Serb said one idea under discussion was playing several tournaments at the
same venue, much like the NBA basketball's "bubble" solution to complete the
season last year at Disney World in Florida.
"We have to find a way, whether it's something like an NBA bubble, because I h
eard some players talk about that, and I don't mind to discuss about that kind
of idea," Djokovic said.
"Select one place and we play all the tournaments on that surface and that pla
ce. You know, three, four weeks in, three, four, two, three weeks' rest, then
back again. Something like that. I don't know.
"But we just have to discuss options, because I don't know honestly if this is
going to work."
Germany's Zverev also said "we can't have a travelling circuit right now" and
backed the idea of playing multiple tournaments in one venue.
"I think what the ATP should do and should look into is maybe having a venue l
ike here and play multiple weeks at one place," said the world number seven.
"Multiple tournaments, multiple weeks. Because at the end of the day in Europe
right now we can't have spectators anyways, so what difference does it really
make where we play the tournament?"
"We simply cannot have a travelling circuit with how things are going," Zverev
added.