Japanese Tennis participant Kei Nishikori involved about holding Tokyo Games amid coronavirus pandemic

Japanese tennis participant Kei Nishikori is worried if the IOC and native organizers are doing sufficient to plan for a worst-case situation of “hundreds” or “thousands” of coronavirus instances on the Tokyo Olympics. Japanese Tennis star Kei Nishikori. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSKei Nishikori raises questions on holding Tokyo Olympics amid coronavirus pandemicNishikori is considered one of a rising variety of tennis gamers expressing reservations about OlympicsTokyo Olympics have been already postponed from 2020 because of the pandemicJapanese Tennis star Kei Nishikori on Monday mentioned that he agreed with compatriot Naomi Osaka that organizers should “discuss” whether or not they can maintain the delayed Tokyo Olympics amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.The Tokyo Olympics have been already postponed from 2020 and opposition appears to rise in Japan about holding the video games this 12 months. The virus and its spreading variants are taxing Japan’s healthcare system with solely 2% of the inhabitants vaccinated.“I don’t know what they are thinking, and I don’t know how much they are thinking about how they are going to make a bubble, because this is not 100 people like these tournaments,” Nishikori mentioned after profitable his first-round match on the Italian Open on Monday.“It’s 10,000 people in the village. So I don’t think it’s easy, especially what’s happening right now in Japan. It’s not doing good. Well, not even (just) Japan. You have to think all over the world right now.”“I know you still have two, three more months. It’s tough to really say right now,” Nishikori mentioned, including that he thought organizers ought to “hold” on making a call for now.The former US Open finalist mentioned that if the Olympics have been opening now, he thinks it will be “really tough” to carry the competitors.“If you think only about athletes, I think you can do it,” he mentioned. “If you can make a good bubble, maybe you can do it, but there is some risk, too.””(What occurs) if there may be 100 instances within the village … (or) 1000’s?” Nishikori requested. “You have to really discuss how you can play really safely.”Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.