WTA: Feliciano Lopez sharply criticizes the women's tournament schedule
Feliciano Lopez doesn't leave a good hair at the WTA either. The players' association has been criticized for weeks due to the tour planning.
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Oct 30, 2021, 12:27 pm
As already reported on Wednesday, the Spaniards also saw their line-up at the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) melt away. The two top athletes from the Iberian peninsula Garbine Muguruza and Paula Badosa canceled their participation in the competition of nations. Instead of Prague, the current numbers five and 13 of the WTA rankings focus solely on the WTA finals in Guadalajara.
"A real disaster"
Of course, some fans and media did not react particularly sympathetically to the unpopular decision of the two top athletes. But compatriot Feliciano Lopez immediately provided support: “To be honest, I understand the decision that Garbine and Paula made very well. The problem is not the two, but the tournament schedule. You can't play in Prague on Thursday and four days later in Mexico. "
"The tour plan set by the WTA is a real disaster," said the former world number 12. indignant. Lopez is by no means the only person to publicly criticize the WTA's planning. It remains to be seen how, for example, Barbora Krejcikova will perform at the year-end tournament. The 2021 French Open winner will take part in both the Billie Jean King Cup in Prague and the WTA Finals in Mexico.