20 meters distance: Why tennis is also banned in Corona times

The German Davis Cup player Jan-Lennard Struff wasn't the only one who thought that it could also be due to the tennis balls. The German number two now has an exemption. During the Corona crisis, however, it has been forbidden for recreational players to meet up to play together for weeks, even if it is easy to maintain a safe distance. So is the ban related to the felt balls that both players would take in their hands? Tennis ball as a virus thrower? Virologist Melanie Brinkmann rejects the idea that the virus could be transmitted in this way as absurd. “I don’t see any problem with normal handling of a tennis ball,” explained the expert from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research in Braunschweig, “at least as long as the players don’t spit forcefully on the ball and throw it into their opponent’s mouth.” The American tennis association USTA, on the other hand, writes: Medical advisors believe that the balls, along with the net posts, door handles, benches and the floor covering, should be listed as possible transmitters. Even if there are no studies on this. Regardless of such considerations, the goal for those responsible was anyway to minimize the possibility of people meeting for fun. The closure for sports facilities therefore applies uniformly. The problem is not the playing, but the before and after After all, two people would hardly be left alone at an open tennis facility. You sometimes share narrow paths to the seats, and there is an incentive to sit together on a bench or chat on the club terrace. According to the Ministry of Social Affairs in Baden-Württemberg, it would be difficult to trace contact chains. Checking whether distance rules are being adhered to would also be an enormous effort. Tennis, like golf, is one of the safest sports in these times, subject to certain conditions. The baselines are more than 20 meters apart; a distance of two meters can actually always be given. The outdoor season begins.

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20 meters distance: Why tennis is also banned in Corona times

The baselines are more than 20 meters apart, so maintaining the distance rules could be easy in tennis as well as in golf. Nevertheless, recreational players are not allowed to meet up for tennis during the coronavirus crisis. Why actually?

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