DEBATE: Tennis stars blast ‘unhealthy’ late finishes after Novak Djokovic’s 3am French Open clash 🇫🇷

[@xawee7254]

Yeah its insane... the one thing that destroys an athlete more than anything is sleep schedule...

[@paulfienga9466]

As a French man I can tell you that the French open is by far the lowest grand slam.

[@marshan1226]

Lowest?

[@guruk]

Pathetic scheduling. Especially considering court suzanne lenglen was free in 1 hour. And with heavy mud not even swept, it was pathetic from roland garros organizers. Shame on them

[@margaritapetrova1318]

Also Grigor waited 15 hours in the locker room for his match to continue…how about that…

[@guruk]

Yep. He shoukd have been accommodated in court suzanne lenglen but they screwed up novak even worser. Pathetic from roland garros organizers.

[@kalippan.]

​@guruk they would never do that to Federer though.

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

@@guruk why they did that. Musetti-Djokovic . in Europe it was past midnight and in the US nobody cared about european players. even TV-wise it would have been better to play the next day. now we are in 2nd week, weather is perfect and we have semifinalists with 2days off :) or Ruud with 4 days off

[@damienwillis2723]

First time I've heard Coco Gauff speak. Incredibly well spoken, well reasoned, and mature for her age.

[@rener7940]

She speaks normal, English is her first language, would be pretty weird if she couldn’t speak like that.

[@damienwillis2723]

@@rener7940 have you heard most people speak?

[@softskilled]

Have you heard Naomi speak during her initial days ? ​@@rener7940.

[@rener7940]

@@damienwillis2723 ah yes ? F.e jannik sinners native language isn’t even English and he’s just as well spoken. Now you could say that is kinda impressive. But what’s so incredible about someone whose native language is English and speaks in full sentences.

[@serendimity]

@@rener7940I think they’re pointing out how level-headed she is, not just how she speaks. I know you’re likely being obtuse on purpose but I also appreciate how grounded Coco is. She’s always nuanced in her answers and though they didn’t show it here, she’s always mindful to note that playing tennis is a privilege and putting tennis into perspective with working-class manual labor jobs - she’s great

[@angies7906]

Players are just afraid to stand up for themselves. It is weird.

[@Whatreally123]

And when someone like Novak does, he is portrayed as a villain

[@angies7906]

@@JamesD-iw6pr I know. All tennis players should do the strike and not starting a match after 8pm. It is ridiculous and not healthy.

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

i do not even know when it started, having the roof or the lights? in my youth tennis at Roland Garros finished at 10pm , matches were played at 10am next day. so they started early next day. now it seems tv money makes them play all night and not let them start before 1pm. All these doubles and mixed can be played on court 48. And if it rains , you can play final on monday too. finalists would not play next tournament anyway and others lose early. what is the point?

[@Whatreally123]

@@Alexander-dt2eq tv money only works till 11 or 12 pm. Post which no matter who is playing, people will switch off. It's bad for the tv broadcasters as well to have matches so late. It's ridiculous the scheduling

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

@@Whatreally123 thanks for pointing out, so a lose-lose situation and only the organisor to blame. They are no sports people , they know nothing about recovery

[@anthonyc4601]

The French have ended Novaks career. Hope criminal proceedings are commenced

[@wrtölp3578]

Should do it like in the 90s. Just play during day time. It is even much better to watch. Crazy Organisation of the tournament

[@ucfkid67]

Running that late in the middle of the night is incredibly reckless

[@bogdannik91]

Novak should sue RG …. They broke a rule by letting him Play until 3 AM

[@kalippan.]

They would never do that to Federer though & if possible, they would push novak under the truck wheels to favor their lord & savior Roger Federer.

[@deelak2329]

Alcaraz's shirt is effin epic

[@edwinpaul4301]

Better get a roof for simonne mathieu nxt year ....

[@willarddu]

Just the arrogance of the French open. Consistent with people’s general understanding of French, arrogant and not considerate. It’s even interesting that you don’t know where their superiority come from😅

[@giorgitatarashvili3875]

This is why Novak is greatest of all time, he was never treated like a baby. Novak 🐐 made his way and broke lots of records other tennis players wouldn’t even dream about. Rest champ enjoy with your beautiful family. Tennis is completed ♾️

[@nourishday6247]

Its negligence. The French have no concept of time. It’s honestly the last Grand Slam on my list to watch.

[@jaimetorres3113]

Get a gripe. You're competing in a grand slam with 2.4 million prize money. If you cant handle it, dont play.

[@nourishday6247]

Get with the times, French Open. You want more powerful, exciting matches from players, give them ample time to rest. Players move from tournament to tournament and give their all. Give them some respect. FO seems to be run by bungling incompetents.

[@RamijShrestha]

firing ivanesevic was a real mistake

[@guruk]

What? 😂 You dont know about tennis and novak much ? Everything is about motivation with him. Now that he has achieved everything he is less motivated.

[@Brandespada]

​@@gurukOnly, Djokovic has not achieved everything he's still tied with Margaret Court.

[@margusm3681]

NOT HEALTHY ! Shame rg.organization. Wno1 to play at that time. OK. let's play 24/7 on rg.