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As a rare example of a tennis champion who can see the sport from two perspectives at once, veteran player and tournament director Feliciano Lopez has called for his peers to support the struggling United States Tennis Association by showing up for August’s proposed US Open. The USTA – who were forced to lay off 130 employees last week – are expected to announce today whether or not the two-week tournament will take place between Aug 31 and Sept 13, with players restricted to just a single person in their entourage and everyone booked to stay at the same hotel near JFK Airport. When a remote video conference was held with more than 400 players on Wednesday, the mood among the field was turbulent. The New York Times reported that Marin Cilic, champion for the 2014 tournament, had suggested that the players deserve extra pay to make up for the unappealing conditions. But Lopez – who is tournament director for the Madrid Open, as well as a top-60 player at the age of 38 – feels that the special circumstances of 2020 deserve more consideration. “I think we need to understand the situation we are going through,” Lopez told reporters. “The companies and the sponsors, they might have to fire employees. This is happening everywhere in the world so the first thing they cut is sponsorship and this is going to be affecting tennis massively.
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