Sigi's tips: Tennis stars' loss of face

By Sigi Heinrich Nothing really knows how to tell us the story about the “Man in the Iron Mask”. Conspiracy theories abound and many historians have spent their lives wondering who was behind the mask. The only thing that is clear is that it is an unknown French and of course mysterious state prisoner of Louis XIV. He was imprisoned from 1669 until his death in 1703. However, this much is certain that the mask was not made of iron, but of black velvet. Alexander Dumas wrote a novel about it. It has long been a classic and has been filmed many times, most recently with a wonderful cast such as Gerard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, Leonardo di Caprio and John Malkovich. With this mask, the large, unknown prison inmate would have been “in vogue” today, as it has now become a popular accessory. Matching the color to the costume or elegant to the black suit. The mask has prevailed. At least at first. Seductive opening Or is it already a discontinued model because we quickly become gullible out of convenience and assume that the pandemic has dutifully retreated into its shell just before the start of summer? Far from it. Raging in other places around the world, Corona continues to spread fear and terror, while we optimistically hope that there will be no second wave here. But the masks are falling. At least: They still exist, the iron mask wearers, and I don't find that disturbing now, but rather reassuring. Many people take responsibility for themselves. They help and provide support in order to preserve the newfound freedom as much as possible. This is touching to see, while the majority are probably hoping for distance (one meter, which is designed very, very flexibly) and for the second phase to be as calm as possible, as it is so beautifully explained to us. The phase of opening in every respect. Dangerous excesses An opening that has also reached the sport, but already at the restart with excesses that disturb me. In Serbia, daycare centers and schools are still closed for fear of the spread of Coivid-19. The cup final still took place in front of 20.000 spectators. Football is demanding its own rights again. And gets it. The word “distance” probably does not exist in Serbian usage. And at the Adria Cup, a private tennis series organized by Novak Djokovic, a party is being celebrated , which would do justice to the now infamous “Kitzloch” in Ischgl, from where the virus was spread throughout Europe. No distance, no masks. As if nothing ever happened regarding a deadly virus. Meanwhile, the Serbian tennis star, who is also a spokesperson for the players, has made it clear that he will not subject himself to the quarantine measures planned for the US Open. Alexander Zverev from Germany expressed similar pique because you were only allowed to walk from the hotel to the stadium. And you are only allowed to take one supervisor onto the court. The majority of tennis stars are also dropping their masks. Egoism happily celebrates triumphs, the soon to be 120.000 dead in the USA who died with or from Corona, the tennis aces wipe away like annoying flies. They want to continue playing their tournaments as they are used to. With all the freedom, especially when it comes to your pay. It's the next sport that doesn't recognize the gravity of the situation. And it is, and this is obvious, precisely those athletes who have really been spoiled economically in recent years who are now putting aside any role model function. Without masks you can see your true face. Too late, unfortunately, to reveal the identity of the prisoner of the Bastille (where he was transferred at the end of his incarceration).

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Sigi's tips: Tennis stars' loss of face

In his regular column, German commentary icon Sigi Heinrich writes about a wide range of topics in the world of sports. This time he focused on the tennis stars in the Corona crisis.

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