Posted Aug 14, 2023, 2:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicko999
So the organizers at the Rogers Cup decide to push back the second women semi final to tomorrow despite the rain stopping at around 8:30 which meant they could dry the court and start the match at 9:30 at the latest (which is not unreasonable at all).
Considering the last quarterfinal was started at 11:30PM yesterday (with the match ending at 2:55AM), the decision to push back the semi final to tomorrow is completely insane.
Literally the semi final is scheduled at 1:30PM tomorrow and the final would be in the evening. So one of the finalist would have had maybe an hour break between matches. What's the point of even playing then? I would not spend a cent to watch this shitshow.
Whoever made the decision to push back the second semi final needs to be fired ON THE SPOT. If I had tickets for the final I would even sue as it compromises the quality of the match.
EDIT: Looks like ex player Valerie Tetreault is the new tournament director this year with Eugene Lapierre retirement at the end of 2022. I would have expected more from an ex player. Clearly she's not qualified. Like I said, need her gone ASAP.
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Even worst than I expected. I looked at the scores and I see Pegula winning 6-1, 6-0 in 49 minutes. I hope the people who paid for this are happy.
The semi final was not great with both players playing to preserve their energy which created very lopsided sets and no intrigue whatsoever.
1-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Rybakina upset with arduous schedule at NBO: 'I feel destroyed'
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Elena Rybakina is not pleased with how her National Bank Open unfolded.
The third seed from Kazakhstan lost to 15th seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia 6-1, 1-6, 2-6 Sunday afternoon in a semifinal originally scheduled for Saturday.
Rybakina had already faced a difficult schedule this week due to numerous rain delays in Montreal.
That includes a three-hour 27-minute marathon against Daria Kasatkina of Russia that wrapped up close to 3 a.m. local time on Saturday morning from which she says she's still recovering.
"Definitely I feel destroyed just because of the scheduling and the whole situation," Rybakina, who grabbed her shoulder a number of times on Sunday, told reporters.
"I'm not really happy about it, but yeah, it is what it is. Unfortunately, players cannot do much in these situations. The decision is not really ours. Weather was not helpful.
"So I picked up some injuries I would say, but we tried to manage it and see how we will go from that."
Rybakina says after the match against Kasatkina finished she showered, did some stretching and went back to the hotel — where she fell asleep around 5 a.m.
She says she then woke up at 10 a.m. and wasn't able to fall back asleep to get a proper recovery.
Rybakina said it's an experience she's hoping she won't have to go through again and pointed the finger at the women's tennis tour.
"It's the first time and hopefully the last time because I think it's been a little bit unprofessional from the — I cannot say really the tournament because I think that the most important is the WTA here," she said. "Leadership is a little bit weak for now, but hopefully something is going to change because this year it was many situations which I cannot really understand."
Rain on Thursday pushed two round of 16 matches to Friday.
As a result, the tournament scheduled five matches on centre court Friday with play starting at 12:30 p.m., the first three of which went three sets.
Rybakina's match didn't start until 11:26 p.m.
Beyond losing the semifinal — something she says she wasn't very disappointed about because "it was kind of expected" — Rybakina says it won't be easy to recover over the next two week ahead of the U.S. Open beginning Aug. 28.
"Now I have to see how I feel and evaluate the small injuries which I have now, so we will see (if my planning changes)," she said. "I have to be smart in making any decision because U.S. Open is soon."
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https://www.tsn.ca/tennis/rybakina-u...oyed-1.1995593
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It took all of one minute after Jessica Pegula had won her second WTA 1000 crown for the American to acknowledge the hardships Liudmila Samsonova had faced in her scheduling over the week.
On court Pegula stated that she “wished she had won on better terms,” and followed up with a similar sentiment in her post-match press conference:
“Obviously physically she wasn’t feeling her best,” Pegula said. “She’s had a crazy schedule.”
“I know scheduling wasn’t in her favor. It sucks when you feel like you’re not on a really fair playing ground, especially someone like her who is such a great player.”
Due to poor weather in Montreal that saw multiple rain delays, Samsonova was made to play for almost five hours on Friday, defeating Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-4 before knocking out No 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3.
Her semi-final was then delayed due to rain on Saturday, resulting in the Russian playing a three set match against Elena Rybakina on Sunday afternoon, before coming back out two hours later to contest the final with Pegula.
Echoing a similar sentiment to Elena Rybakina, who spoke out against the WTA after her semi-final loss, Liudmila Samsonova was also unhappy with how the Canadian Open scheduling unfolded this week.
“It was a tough week for me,” said Samsonova after the final. “So many matches, so many experiences, tough weather. I tried to do my best, but it was not enough today.”
When asked how she felt about the two hour turnaround time between playing the semi-final and final, Samsonova responded:
“Honestly, I would love to have more time, but they said that it’s not possible.”
“I didn’t have time to regenerate because I was to the physio room trying to tape all my body, and it takes one hour for this,” Samsonova continued. “I was out of the court and then again in, it was strange.”
The 24-year-old highlighted that the way this year’s scheduling was handled didn’t feel fair, and she would like to see a change in the future.
“It’s strange that the people doesn’t care so much about us. If you know that [it will rain], you must make a schedule where it’s possible to play, because we already made two matches in one day.
“So you have to try to do the best to not play two matches in another day. This is my opinion.”
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https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tou...ng-705033.html
The fact the new tournament director still has a job as of this evening is shocking. Maybe I will boycott the tournament next year. I feel like some players will as well.
It's all about the 4 Grand Slams anyway.
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