Rio Olympics Tennis Talk

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Not that much coverage to begin with, I would guess.

First of all, tennis is not that popular, and a lot of people don´t even know it is on the olympics. Second, the press here has a tendency to ignore foreign critics to the country. Strangely enough news about Zika -- which would dominate news segments two or three months ago -- have almost disappeared from the radar. This is understandable from one point of view, as there are a lot of other stuff going on here and abroad, but it caught my attention anyway.

The link you provided about double´s player Bruno Soares is archetypal: Players can not mention Zika -- it is an excuse, in his words -- but he is allowed to say that there´s a lot of sh!t going on here. That is, foreigners can not say bad things about Brazil, but he can.

The Zika issue is tricky. Personally I do not think it is a big enough reason not to come (there are better ones... as I said elsewhere). There are around 160.000 suspect cases of Zika notified in the country, a quarter of it in Rio de Janeiro state. From "suspect" to "confirmed" might be a good jump, though.

As other´s mentioned, on males Zika is not much more than ordinary flu, and as it is well known, it is unfortunately related to microcephaly -- even if the correlation is far from one to one.

So, if you want to be 100% secure about Zika, don´t come. If you do, yes, there´s a small chance you get it. In Brazilian (third world) terms this is pretty normal, and that´s why I don´t take any precautions about it here in SP as I don´t when I go to Rio. But maybe were are just used to those things.

But I derailed from the question: no, not to much coverage, not even from similar cases from other sports. Yes, it is being mentioned, but more like a footnote.

Our government has stated firmly that they are 100% sure that everything will be 100% perfect. Amen.
 
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Not that much coverage to begin with, I would guess.

First of all, tennis is not that popular, and a lot of people don´t even know it is on the olympics. Second, the press here has a tendency to ignore foreign critics to the country. Strangely enough news about Zika -- which would dominate news segments two or three months ago -- have almost disappeared from the radar. This is understandable from one point of view, as there are a lot of other stuff going on here and abroad, but it caught my attention anyway.

The link you provided about double´s player Bruno Soares is archetypal: Players can not mention Zika -- it is an excuse, in his words -- but he is allowed to say that there´s a lot of sh!t going on here. That is, foreigners can not say bad things about Brazil, but he can.

The Zika issue is tricky. Personally I do not think it is a big enough reason not to come (there are better ones... as I said elsewhere). There are around 160.000 suspect cases of Zika notified in the country, a quarter of it in Rio de Janeiro state. From "suspect" to "confirmed" might be a good jump, though.

As other´s mentioned, on males Zika is not much more than ordinary flu, and as it is well known, it is unfortunately related to microcephaly -- even if the correlation is far from one to one.

So, if you want to be 100% secure about Zika, don´t come. If you do, yes, there´s a small chance you get it. In Brazilian (third world) terms this is pretty normal, and that´s why I don´t take any precautions about it here in SP as I don´t when I go to Rio. But maybe were are just used to those things.

But I derailed from the question: no, not to much coverage, not even from similar cases from other sports. Yes, it is being mentioned, but more like a footnote.

Our government has stated firmly that they are 100% sure that everything will be 100% perfect. Amen.


hope it'll be OK, yesterday your health's minister talked to French TV, he said Zika wasn't so dangerous..so let's go to Rio !!
 

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Great post @mrzz... all I can say is that for most... it's their loss... One of the greatest Olympic games I remember when I was a kid was Moscow 1980... once you forgot about the US withdrawal, it was a great show with lots of stories.
 

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...and I'll be honest, tennis is a sideshow at the Olympics... like the coconut shy at a fair ground. Track and Field is the heart and soul of the Olympics.
 

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No, it seems the latest is that they will be judged by their individual governing federations. I think track and field might be out, though.
 

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Rafa won't play singles in Rio, probably only doubles because his wrist is not still well, he had to cancel his last practice with Muzz
 

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Is that confirmed or a prediction?
I've just read in As (Spanish sport newspaper) that he has still some pain in his wrist and he probably won't be able to play the singles, just doubles which means that he won't, you'll see
 

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Is that confirmed or a prediction?
According to l'Equipe, he's doubtful for OG (wrist injury)) if he plays it'll be only mixed double but not sure he'll be there
 

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About what Ferru says that Rafa's situation is more delicate because it's never easy to come back after an injury I agree 100% , he has not had too much time to practice so I HOPE that besides to be Spain"s flag-bearer (his best dream) then he plays just the doubles as a good training improving his fitness for the USO
 
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