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By Giri Nathan
[vc_empty_space height="15px"]This week Wimbledon was canceled. As for the last remaining Slam, the grounds of Billie Jean King National Tennis Center have pivoted to coronavirus relief efforts: This week the indoor training courts are being repurposed to host 350 hospital beds, and Louis Armstrong Stadium is being used to package tens of thousands of meals for patients, workers, and children who relied on public school meals. We are a very, very long way from playing tennis in venues like these. And yet, the players still have to pay their bills. Racquet spoke to Noah Rubin, world No. 225, about how this crisis has felt from a player perspective. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.[vc_separator color="black"]RACQUET: Take me back to early March. You were playing the Challenger in Indian Wells. What was that like with the rumors of larger cancellations in tennis bubbling? Where were you and what was your thinking at that time?