The programming of matches and the “night sessions” are two topics that are widely commented on in the world of tennis today. Several controversies erupted, particularly in Toronto last week.
Qualified for the last four in Cincinnati where she will face Iga Swiatek, Cori Gauff gave her opinion on the subject.
“I was lucky early in my career because due to my young age they weren’t really allowed to schedule me for the second night game. So all the games, the night games that I played were always first, if you noticed, obviously. Now that I’m older I can play later, but this week I got lucky. There is one side of the draw that plays during the day and the other at night, it’s the draw, so it’s always complicated. I understand the fans want to see the game at night, we’ve seen some amazing games in that regard. In Grand Slam tournaments it’s a little better managed because there’s a rest day, but in the rest of the events it’s more difficult to manage. You have to find a balance, even if the players can’t do much, the tournament has to find an agreement with the TV channels, there are a lot of things behind this that people don’t know. I know the players council is working on it. »
Published on Saturday August 19, 2023 at 10:54
2023-08-19 08:54:00
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