Novak Djokovic’s unhealthy 3.07am finish on Sunday morning showed yet again that tennis needs to do more to look after its players and fans
Novak Djokovic’s 3.07am finish on Sunday morning showed yet again tennis needs to do more to look after players and fans
It is fair to say that those matches did not finish efficiently. The match on court, Alexander Zverev v Tallon Griekspoor, immediately descended into a dramatic five-set battle. Then Bergs forced a fourth set. Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti entered the court at about 10.30pm, with Djokovic closing offNo other prominent sport in the world has its athletes competing in the early hours of the morning, yet tennis has managed to make it a regular occurrence.
“I feel like a lot of times people think you’re done, but really, 3am, then you have press and then you have to shower, eat and then a lot of times people do treatments, so that’s probably not going to bed until 5am at the earliest, maybe 6am, and even 7am,” Coco Gauff said. “I definitely think it’s not healthy. It may not be fair for those who have to play late because it does ruin your schedule.”Casper Ruud’s match also stretched into Sunday.
“It’s really difficult to recover when you are going to go to sleep so, so late,” he said. “For me it’s much better to finish at 6pm, having dinner really, really well at restaurant, a good restaurant, good food. So everything is better if you finish early.”Those criticisms don’t even take into account the actual conditions. At the Australian and US Opens, the nights are warm. The cold conditions in Paris, though, make the clay courts even slower, the ball barely moving through the cold air.
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