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“Sven Tennis” Shares DOHA ATP Experience – Day 3
- Updated: January 7, 2021
By Sven Groeneveld
Good news for those that have had a practice session on the 6th, they will get another can of balls of 3 instead of the allocated 3 cans per player for the 3 days of preparation leading into the qualifying of the Australian Open (this was later retracted).
The 55 min practice rule may have been imposed for the lead-up to AO in order to clean the court (I will check on this later today).
The elevator challenge will be the biggest obstacle during our stay in Doha!
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Exterior building cleaning of the hotel! Maybe a faster way to go up and down in Doha.
Illya Marchenko – Best updates during the AO qualifying in Doha plus he has a great YouTube channel on ATP tour worth a mention and to promote he is funny.
Daily Temperature check has now taken a new approach before entering the site!
2nd session of 55 min was no problem but maybe tomorrow will be a bigger challenge as all players have now arrived or out of quarantine.
Plenty of space in the player’s area.
Outside lounge.
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Fitness warmup.
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Dining area.
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The infamous Elevator (one for service and on the left for service and the AO players).
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