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"How many times does this have to happen": WTA scheduling once again spotlighted with Rybakina pushed to near exhaustion in Montreal
WTAMonday, 14 August 2023 at 19:30
Elena
Rybakina criticized the scheduling issues at the Canadian Open following her
defeat to Liudmila Samsonova.
Rain in
Montreal played a significant role throughout the WTA 1000 tournament. On
Saturday, the semifinal between Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek took place, but
the match between Rybakina and Samsonova couldn't be played and was rescheduled
for Sunday, just a few hours before the final.
The former
Wimbledon champion had already encountered problems with the schedule when her
quarterfinal match against Russian player Daria Kasatkina concluded close to 3
am.
"It’s
the first time when the match went that long and we finished also so late. It’s
the first time and hopefully the last time because I think it’s been a little
bit unprofessional from them,
“I cannot
say really the tournament because I think that the most important is the WTA
here, and the leadership is a little bit weak for now," Rybakina said.
"But
hopefully, something is going to change because this year, it was many
situations which I cannot really understand," she added.
Several
fans commented on social media about the situation regarding the scheduling
issues that adversely affected several players.
“I feel for
her. That was brutal scheduling this past week, the organisers should be
ashamed. Hope she recovers well for the US Open.”
"How many times does this have to happen before something is done about it, honestly. Call them out, Elena!" another fan wrote.
how many times does this have to happen before something is done about it, honestly. call them out, Elena!
Elena Rybakina calls out WTA leadership for poor scheduling in Kasatkina marathon: “It’s the 1st time & hopefully the last. I think it’s a bit unprofessional.. Most important is WTA here. Leadership is a bit weak for now. Hopefully something changes.. I fell asleep at 5 a.m.”
"Let’s not forget the WTA runs a business and they couldn’t care less about the players, they do have their favourites and they maybe care a little about those. But Rybakina is not one of those and we’ve seen it in the past 4 or 5 tournaments. Montreal was just too much,"
Let’s not forget the WTA runs a business and they couldn’t care less about the players, they do have their favourites and they maybe care a little about those. But Rybakina is not one of those and we’ve seen it in the past 4 or 5 tournaments. Montreal was just too much
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It’s ridiculous on so many levels. Madrid has done this to Zverev couple of years ago and Iga this yr. then Rome had some really poor scheduling too. Unprofessional as Rybakina says.
"Rybakina very honest and on point in answers at this Press conference. Reality is the scheduling was ridiculous and hurt her chances to win the tournament and affected her health. I appreciate the WTA but they fell down badly on this. R was calm with replies."
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