The three-time Major finalist wrote: “Bravo @atptour. Way to help one of the best players in the world recover and be as ready as possible when he finished his previous match at 2:37 am this morning. 14,5 hours to recover.. what a joke.” Even more players and coaches chimed in as three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka and current Coco Gauff mentor Brad Gilbert responded.
“It’s crazy,” Wawrinka wrote. “Tournament doesn’t care and ATP just follow what the tournament will want! Always the same story …” And Gilbert responded, claiming that organisers should have put Sinner’s match on Court 1 instead of waiting for Rune to finish on Court Central, with the second showcourt left empty from around 7pm local time.
“Crazy why at 10pm they had plenty of time to switch Sin City [Sinner] to court one was open, when there was a match still on center and another one to fallow, before JS vs Mcdonald would get on center, horrendous decision to not have switched courts plain and simple,” the American tennis coach wrote.
