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By Giri Nathan
[vc_empty_space height="15px"]Tennis is back—kind of. Sure, it was on a private court in West Palm Beach, Fla., and there were only four players, and it was a shorter format, and cleaning was so rigorous that the net was wiped down before and after play. Also, there were no fans, no ATP points, and no handshakes (racquet bumps instead). But the UTR Pro Match event offered the closest approximation of high-level play in months. In a field of good young players ranked between No. 29 and 57, big-serving Reilly Opelka came out on top, dispatching Miomir Kecmanovic in the final. We called up the champion to find out how he feels about tennis in quarantine, what he thinks the ATP gets wrong with gambling and sponsors, and what it’s like returning serve while seven feet tall.[vc_separator color="black"]Giri Nathan: Congrats on winning over the weekend. What was it like playing in that format?