No more tennis in 2020

Updated On: 04 April, 2020 11:25 AM IST | Paris | AFP

Wimbledon chief Lewis fears the worst for the sport with SW19 called off, French Open postponed and no resumption of ATP and WTA Tours until July due to Coronavirus.

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Novak Djokovic celebrates winning the Australian Open in Melbourne last month. PIC/AFP

Djoko, biggest loser?

Before the season went into cold storage, Novak Djokovic had captured an eighth Australian Open and was on an 18-0 winning streak since the turn of the year. Talk was of Djokovic, now a 17-time Grand Slam title winner, going on to match his 2011 and 2015 seasons. In 2011, he built a 41-match win streak before ending the year with a 70-6 record and 10 titles, including the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open crowns.

In 2015, Djokovic won the same three Slams again out of 11 titles in a win-loss record of 82-6. After taking the 79th title of his career in Dubai on the last day of February this year, he proclaimed: "One of the targets is to go unbeaten the whole season. I'm not kidding." However, with the French Open and Wimbledon respectively postponed and scrapped, has his bubble burst? "The big loser is Djokovic," ex-World No. 1 and seven-time major winner Mats Wilander told L'Equipe. "He hasn't lost this year yet, but this virus has stopped him in his tracks."

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