The Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina criticized the organizers of the WTA women’s circuit, condemning the “horrible schedule”, after qualifying this Saturday for the Abu Dhabi tournament final at the end of a three-hour match against the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.
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The reason? She will face the Kazakh Elena Rybakina on Sunday and the following day must be in Doha to play against his compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round of the tournament Qatar.
Kasatkina rated this situation of “unfair“when considering that it could be translated by a increased risk of injury for the players.
“It’s a horrible schedule, honestly,” said Kasatkina, current 13th in the worldwhich will play its second final of the year.
I don’t understand how you can schedule the final of a tournament on Sunday, wanting to finish the next tournament on Saturday, which means it has to start on the preceding Sunday.
The player, like me, who is not exempt from the first round in Doha, must play on Monday. And before that, I’m going to play the final tomorrow (Sunday).”
We still don’t have the technology to be there with the snap of a finger in five seconds in Doha,” he ironized after his victory against Haddad Maia 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2).
Kasatkina said she is still not sure if she will arrive in time to take the plane from Abu Dhabi to Qatar on Sunday.
I have a question, and I don’t know if I should ask it to the WTA or to the tournament organizers: ‘Are they trying to make the players die, or get injured often?'” the 26-year-old tennis player launched.
Rybakinafor its part, is exempt in the first round of Doha due to their eighth seed status.
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2024-02-10 22:51:54
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