The director of the girls's tennis division of the German Tennis Federation (DTB), Barbara Rittner, disagreed with the organizers of Roland Garros for deciding to go “alone” and deciding to postpone it till the finish of September due to the coronavirus.
“The solo path of the French Open appears unhappy to me. These are simply the issues that aren’t going, it was forcibly put in,” mentioned the 46-year-old extenista to the newspaper 'Bild' in its version this Friday.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers of Roland Garros postponed the date of the 'Grand Slam' on clay on a non-consensual foundation for 4 months, to be held between September 20 and October four in Paris.
The match organizers acquired robust criticism, each from the gamers and from different tournaments, as a result of of this stunning decision. “It was a solo step, however now the second requires getting nearer and growing concepts collectively to see how to remedy the issues,” mentioned Patrik Kühnen, director of the Munich match, which was scheduled to happen between April 25 and Could 5. , however that was canceled this Wednesday.
In the meantime, battles for the dates are already foreseen in a tennis calendar with nearly no free areas. Each the ATP and the WTA introduced that every one tournaments might be suspended till June 7 inclusive.