Leander Paes Talks About His Farewell From The Tennis World


Leander Paes Talks About His Farewell From The Tennis World

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Leander prepares for one last roar in 2020 - DTNext.in

On 25th 2019, Leander Paes, the 18-time Grand Slam doubles champion announced that 2020 would his final season on the ATP Tour, he named it his “One Last Roar.” He gave an amazing send-off at Australian Open, Pune, Bangalore, and Dubai, but the coronavirus pandemic swallowed his tour too.

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Paes was asked if he’s is going to playing this year or not. To which he replied that he has no intention to visit professional courts this year considering safety.

“I am done as far as the 2020 season is concerned. I am not playing any tournament until the world is safer. When the coronavirus scare started, I was considering going off to the US to train, just in case the Tour would go on. But Dada (father, Dr. Vece Paes) told me not to. And I took his advice. This is a rogue virus. You just don’t know what you are up against,” Leander Paes told The Telegraph.

An of now we don’t know if he will extend his farewell to 2021. “At the moment I am not making any decision. I will keep my options open. I think we are still a long way for global tennis to restart. The decision on whether I will extend “One Last Roar” to 2021 or not will be taken closer towards the end of the year”.

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Even though social distancing is implemented in tennis, it is difficult to have a safety bubble while playing. As there are participants who are from around the globe.

Paes also talked about the recent debacle of Novak Djokovic’s event in Croatia, Paes added “Tennis naturally has social distancing, like golf, cycling, badminton among others. But the norms have to be followed very strictly. You have seen what happened at Novak’s tournament. Though the ATP has issued dates of some tournaments, players are very concerned”.

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