The French Tennis Federation (FFT), owner and organizer of Roland Garros, he comes from tennis players like the Austrian Dominic Thiem or the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, who will retire at the end of the season and cannot say goodbye to the demands of their tournament record. There is no invitation for them, they have to go through the previous stage where they stayed.
The ‘wild card’ to enter the draw directly regardless of ranking is for French tennis players, except for the exchange agreement of one in each individual draw at the Australian Open and US Open, Australian and American federations.
The former French player defended him staunchly Amélie Mauresmo, now tournament director.
A rise in chauvinism that also has an impact on other areas of the contest. Playing against a French tennis player on an outdoor court, with close and remote stands, can be hell, as proven every year.
The noise and enthusiasm is logical, not so much other forms of unsporting behavior, as Belgian veteran David Goffin, 33 years old, former world No. 7 and winner of the young French promise. Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard in five sets.
“I have to be careful what I say when I’ve been insulted for three and a half hours in public. Obviously, it’s gone too far. It’s a total lack of respect. Either we stop it or it’s going to be football with flares and hooligans in the stands,” he emphasized.
He went further, he stressed that this is an issue that is being discussed within the circuit. “Many people complain, this is something that is thought about in the locker room and also by the ATP (it directs the men’s professional circuit, not the Grand Slams). And it only happens at Roland Garros. The referees also suffer from this enough, it has to be finished,” he studied.
“In Wimbledon nothing like that. Not in Australia either. He US Open Pretty quiet. “There’s a really unhealthy environment here,” he said.
“Not only the insults, they also spit on me.” some have more to create problems than create environment. Someone spat at me with their chewer. “I tried to stay focused, because if you get angry, you can be destabilized,” he said.
With success in the bag, David Goffin He put a hand to his ear as a gesture of listening to those standing now, the moment his dream was broken. A full blown crack from the Belgian.
Source: La Verdad
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