Leading male tennis players continue to heap pressure on the US Open to relax their Covid-19 protocols if they want them to turn up for the suggested return to action. Dominic Thiem and Alex Zverev joined Novak Djokovic in expressing reservations about travelling to New York in late August. They are perturbed by the thought of being confined to one hotel and being allowed to bring only one member of their support staff to the tournament. There have also been videos of the players mobbing each other after scoring goals in a fun football match between the tournament’s participants. British players return to action a week on Tuesday at the ‘Battle of the Brits’ in Roehampton, featuring the country’s top eight players.

Source: Daily Mail June 12, 2020 21:25 UTC