The dispute of an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 tournament should never go unnoticed for a large part of the public, as is happening this week in Montreal and Toronto. Without many of the world's best players, with an incomprehensible schedule, and the threat of rain looming to finish the men's event.
The calendar is packed, and more and more people are denouncing the problems and risks that tennis players face to compete continuously for almost 11 months. The top bodies of world tennis prioritize major tournaments, seeing them as the golden eggs and knowing they must take great care of the product to reach more fans. However, what is happening in Canada this week is a complete nonsense that not only trivializes the international impact of both events but also damages the image of tennis.
- One of the 15 most important tournaments of the year is going completely unnoticed in the media
How is it possible that one of the 15 most important tournaments of the tennis season is taking place at the same time as the second week of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games? The world's attention is focused on the Olympic Games, and many sports enthusiasts are not even aware that a competition is ongoing in Canada. The lack of news coverage by mainstream media about the tournament is more than understandable, especially considering the absence of Alcaraz and Djokovic in Montreal, and Swiatek in Toronto.
Juggling had to be done to fit this event into the calendar, as evidenced by scheduling the finals for Monday, August 12, the same day the ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 in Cincinnati begins, which lasts for a week. These two hard-court North American tour tournaments are among the few still held in one week, together with Monte Carlo and Paris-Bercy, but the complete absence of transition time between them could cause chaos on the circuit.
- The finals are scheduled for Monday the 12th, the same day the Cincinnati tournament begins, lasting one week
Even more problematic could be the scenario considering there are no indoor courts at both venues. The relentless rains hitting Montreal this week challenge the organizers, who have three days left to complete the tournament with second-round matches yet to be played.
Tennis has been making great efforts for a long time to carve out a place in the competitive world of sports as a leisure reference for a broad community and cannot afford such serious errors. If in an Olympic year it's impossible to carry out all tournaments, some kind of solution must be found, like postponing the start of the US Open by a week. However, the forward escape made with these events in Canada benefits no one.
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El tenis no puede permitirse despropósitos como los de los torneos de Montreal y Toronto
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