Ons Jabeur agreed with a number of different stars who spoke out towards late finishes in tennis because the Tunisian three-time Grand Slam finalist says Novak Djokovic ending his French Open match after 3 AM native time was “unhealthy.”
After beginning his French Open third-round match versus Lorenzo Musetti on Saturday night time, Djokovic sealed a 7-5 6-7 (6) 2-6 6-3 6-0 win in a match that lasted 4 hours and 29 minutes and concluded at 03:08 AM native time.
Whereas Djokovic did not need to throw the French Open organizers beneath the bus and criticize them in a harsh approach, a number of prime gamers got here to the Serb’s protection.
On the boys’s facet, two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz admitted he would not wish to play his matches late – particularly that late. In the meantime, Casper Ruud wrote on X that he in all probability wouldn’t take pleasure in a lot taking part in at 1 AM.
On the ladies’s facet, 2023 US Open champion US Open champion Coco Gauff mentioned ending so late was “unhealthy” whereas WTA world No. 1 Iga Swiatek mentioned conditions like that profit nobody and positively do not assist a participant.
Jabeur shares her ideas on Djokovic’s late French Open end
Jabeur, a former world No. 2, agrees with colleagues and their statements.
“I believe it’s actually unhealthy,” Jabeur mentioned of Djokovic’s very late French Open end.
“I hope Novak is recovering very well for the subsequent one. However yeah, we are attempting to push to have higher scheduling. However, you already know, when you will have lengthy matches typically you don’t know. Clearly with the prime matches additionally it is tougher. I really feel like 8.15 is admittedly late to start out the match.”
In the meantime, Jabeur has been via to the French Open quarterfinal, the place she performs towards Gauff. Thus far this fortnight in Paris, Jabeur is having her finest run of the 12 months as for the primary time this season she has gained 4 consecutive matches.
