The world’s top players are speaking out about the conditions.
CANCUN, Mexico — Three-time major title winner Iga Swiatek and reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova joined the chorus of competitors at the WTA Finals criticizing the playing conditions at the season-ending championship for women’s tennis.
“For sure, it’s not comfortable — and the fact that we also didn’t have time to practice on this court.”Vondrousova was a little more blunt, saying: “The court is, honestly, very bad. … It’s very crazy.” “Stadium is not at all ready for the matches and to me it feels like the people from WTA are absolutely not interested in how we – who are supposed to play on that court – feel,” Vondrousova wrote on Instagram. “We do not feel that anyone listens to us and is interested in our opinion. Very sad.”
“Thank you for this challenge I’m facing right now, to kind of like learn how to adapt quick to the conditions. Thank you for that. But this is not something I expect from such a high- level tournament,” said Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open in January and was the runner-up to Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open in September. “And I’m really happy that I’m able to ignore all this.”
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