French Open organisers have mentioned they may make “adjustments to the area around the playing surface” after gamers complained in regards to the placement of promoting boards.
Katie Boulter and different main gamers known as for motion to be taken after a collection of incidents and accidents on courtroom at Roland Garros.
Turkish tennis participant Zeynep Sönmez was pressured to retire from her girls’s doubles match on Friday after she tripped over an promoting board whereas making an attempt to return a shot in the back of the courtroom.
The 24-year-old didn’t undergo main accidents following the autumn however added on X: “I left the court with 2 stitches and a bruised knee. Thankfully, it wasn’t worse.”
Boulter additionally fell over the hoardings throughout her second-round singles defeat to Anastasia Potapova on Thursday after catching the heels of her ft on an promoting board in the back of the courtroom. She was making an attempt to play a shot when the incident happened.
The boards each carried the title of the French Open’s official associate, Lacoste.
The British No 3 took to X on Friday to put in writing: “THESE THINGS HAVE TO GO. [I] got lucky last night, but next time I might not be.”
Sönmez added: “I stand with Katie. Do we actually have to attend till a participant is severely injured earlier than these courtside boards are eliminated?
“Player safety must come first.”
In response to the gamers, French Open bosses defined “adjustments were currently being made to the area around the playing surface”.
4-time girls’s singles champion Iga Swiatek is one other to have known as for the boards to be eliminated, explaining that the problem could possibly be resolved if bosses moved the promoting hoardings elsewhere.
“Obviously, if these things happen, there needs to be a reaction, because there are other ways for us to be visible for sure, you know?” Swiatek mentioned.
“It’s hard sometimes to judge. Obviously, on a clay court we need more space sometimes because the balls are flying higher, and you can use the court a bit more with the spin and everything.”
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) mentioned in a press release: “The Roland-Garros match organisers have taken be aware of among the gamers’ suggestions concerning the courtroom setup.
“We have taken this feedback into account and are maintaining ongoing communication with the players and their teams.
“The stadium complicated was modernised throughout the 2018/2019 season. All Roland-Garros courts at the moment exceed the worldwide circuit minimal necessities concerning the gap between the baseline and the again of the courtroom, which is ready at 6.4 metres.
“However, the tournament’s priority remains the well-being of the players taking part. With this in mind, and based on our own observations, adjustments are currently being made to the area around the playing surface.”
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