After his elimination Shapovalov dismisses the organization – Roland-Garros

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If Denis Shapovalov had passed the second round, the speech would surely have been civilized. But the 21-year-old Canadian player was ejected from the tournament in the second round, subdued by the Spaniard Roberto Carballes Banea, 101st in the world, after a terrible marathon in five sets. Having nothing more to lose, the 9th seed was released. And obviously he had a lot on his heart. “The organization is awful. After a five-hour game, I have to play the doubles now (associated with the Indian Bopanna, he was beaten in less than an hour by the Pospisil-Sock pair, note). The schedule is really not good. We’re in a Grand Slam, I don’t want to sound spoiled rotten, but we expect the tournament to help you play. How am I supposed to play doubles now after a five hour game? It’s a first round, they could have programmed it better, it’s not acceptable. ”

“It was much better managed in New York. I think they are not doing a good job. ”

Denis Shapovalov

And in his anger, the Canadian also stigmatized the lack of rigor of the organization. “There is no bubble, especially in the second hotel. You can leave the hotel, you can go into town, there is no problem, no one to stop you. It was much better run in New York. I think they are not doing a good job. ” Statements that are surprising since the players are not supposed to “roam” in Paris But Alexander Zverev had said a little the same thing the day before. “There is nothing different from a normal tournament here. If it is not that there are fewer people, there is not the leisure that there was in New York. The hotel is not really a bubble because there are quite a few other guests. The room next to me, there are normal people who come back every day with memories of the Eiffel Tower and others. Compared to New York and Paris, New York was better. We have to say it, the bubble, the organization, he did everything for the players. Here they are doing less for the players, but we can only congratulate them and they have done what was necessary for the players to be able to play. “