"Tennis has the worst media" says Reilly Opelka

Opelka opened up about many topics in a recent interview with Inside Tennis with topics ranging to the relationship between media and tennis along with other general topics in tennis. Opelka made an interesting comment about the media in particular branding them the worst. He said:

"These guys are terrible – there are some bad journalists. You have some guys that just criticize. They look to be super negative. Guys that know nothing about tennis. I think we have the worst media of any sport, quite frankly."

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It's an interesting perspective and it's clearly a sort of response to several media fiascos that happened this year with the Osaka one being the most memorable one. Opelka explained his stance on the example of Alcaraz when an ESPN reporter accused the Spanish player of tapping out during the match. Opelka said:

"It hurts the sport because ESPN has a lot of guys who are following football or don’t know Carlos Alcaraz…and don’t know anything about tennis and they’re like, 'This young kid just completely just walked off the court, what an idiot, what a jackass.' That just can’t happen. If I’m commissioner of tennis, that’s one offense too much.”