"He can cope with it" fires back Paris Masters director Forget on Medvedev's 'slow court' comment

Daniil Medvedev enjoys fast courts and if he could choose all courts would be as fast as possible. Obviously, that is not feasible but the Russian never shied away from speaking his mind especially on things he dislikes. Just this year he called clay courts 'damaged' among other things while continuously complaining about the surface during the summer.

After the Paris Masters, he once again voiced his opinion calling the courts in Paris slow. Tournament director Guy Forget did not remain silent and he gave a long response to the question:

"This subject matters for me. Four years ago, I pioneered an acceleration of the court. The courts had became too slow in Paris. I remember a chat about this with Roger (Federer). We had to go faster. So I discretely asked Javier Sanchez (CEO of GreenSet Tennis) to accelerate the court. It was much faster, the HawkEye confirmed. Some players noticed, even if I asked Javier to keep silent. After that, London asked to have the same speed for the ATP Finals."

He continued:

“From this point, we kept the same composition, the same wooden ground support, the same resin, the same silica; silica being the sand which allows the surface to be abrasive and more or less quick. What I can say is that the Centre Court is set two days after courts one and two. And every new day of competition leads to a one percent acceleration, so you have a gap between these courts. Also, the Centre Court is much bigger so the ball doesn’t fly the same way.”

Forger ultimately clapped back at Medvedev saying:

“When Medvedev speaks, you hear it louder of course. But I think that he if he “suffers” the slowness of the court in final in the same way he suffered in his brilliant semi-final against Zverev, he’ll know that at the end of the day, he can cope with it."