You have a lot of wishes when it comes to the ATP calendar changesI believe Asia is here to stay.
Totally agree, brother. Rafa and Novak played that Indian thingy at the end of 2013. It was a money earner for those wealthy boys but look how they did in Australia. Anything they commit to that gets in the way of players being at their best at the slams is self-sabotage…I stopped listening to all that catterwalling amd b!tchin' about the tennis schedule ages ago; esp. from MEN after they whored themselves out for that Indian Team Tennis thing a few years ago! They're always whining about injuries and being tired by year's end, but it never seemed to stop them from playing exhibitions and other events in the off season! Mostb here are too young to remember the season has always been long; even longer when the YE Masters event was played in January up to 1986! That's the reason Lendl has a noteworthy record of winning it twice that year! He won it in January for the end of '85, then again in Nov. for the '86 season! Same for Martina Navratilova when she won the Virginia Slims YE tourney in March, then again in Nov, 1986! Only the very top men made significant monies back then, but w/ all the tourneys being created, even someone in the top 200 can make a few million over the years!
Yeah that’s a great lineup. Hopefully the stands are full for them. Not going to be surprised by any finalists but I think we’ll have a replay of the USO semifinal..
Seeing Jannik threw up during his match, apparently been suffering from a cold, also he ate something that disagreed with him, I cant see him winning against Charly, Charly is in a good position at this time of the year he has not a lot of points to defend, so every match or tournament is a bonus for him. Their H2H is 3 all
don't like this at all. The USO did this for years until they recently changed the policy.
Ugggh. Hopefully he didn't eat anything from a roadside stand.
They recommend not to in all the guide books. Hopefully he’s not got a dose of the trots too. Don’t want this chap falling foul of toilet breaks rules.
Even though they recommend not to, you'd be surprised how many people still do it (including the eating of anything not cooked)
I have been to Asia and only eaten in my hotel, that was recommended to me which in hindsight was a good tip
For sure. You can go out to a restaurant, but you have to do your research and make sure they are above board. You're right, if you don't have the patience or desire to do that, than yes, eat at your hotel.
I was in China for a shoot some years ago, and we were well taken care of by our local service company. We didn't really have much time to explore on our own. Still, we basically all got some gastrointestinal illness by the end of 7 days. China can be rough travel, even in the best of circumstances, and we barely got out of Beijing. We shot in some dodgy locations, though. The hutongs and open-air markets make for great film, but they're not the cleanest. I promise not to share what the toilettes were like. But I did learn to use hand sanitizer on that job, way before the pandemic.
I have visited Singapore which is a very clean city and if you drop anything on the streets you will have a very heavy fine, there were huge street food stalls day and night, although they looked okay I still ate in my hotel, it seemed most Asian countries have food street stalls, Hong Kong another country I visited, Shanghai, and Malaysia, countries that I also visited were the same, though in Malaysia I found the country quite dirty, especially in the city, I ate in my hotels