Rybakina backed up over ‘weak management’ shot at WTA as Swiatek calls for solutions

Elena Rybakina’s rivals have thrown their weight behind her after she criticised the WTA for showing a “little bit weak” leadership type. The world No 4’s matches ultimately week’s Canadian Open have been affected by rain delays and schedule adjustments, one thing she mentioned led her to choose up some accidents. And Iga Swiatek revealed that she had requested the WTA for solutions over their scheduling choices.

Rybakina lashed out on the ladies’s tour on Sunday after she misplaced her Montreal semi-final after it was pushed again by a day. The Kazakh also finished her quarter-final match at 3am within the early hours of Saturday and mentioned: “It’s the first time and hopefully the last time because I think it’s been a little bit unprofessional from the – I cannot say really the tournament because I think that the most important is the WTA here.

“Leadership a little bit weak for now, but hopefully something is going to change because this year it was many situations which I cannot really understand.” Iga Swiatek and Sloane Stephens have now backed up her feedback with the world No 1 even asking the tour for information to assist their scheduling.

“For sure, weather is something we can’t really predict, but maybe we should focus more on what is healthy for players because we have to compete every week,” the four-time Grand Slam champion mentioned. “The tour is so intense with travel and not actually having two days of calm and not working that it would be nice in the future to focus on players, especially next year when there will be more and more mandatory tournaments and longer tournaments.”

The 22-year-old additionally mentioned it wasn’t the primary time she had taken concern with among the schedule choices. Swiatek continued: “In Rome, I already told you guys the scheduling is crazy. But then during the clay season in Rome and Madrid I played four matches close to midnight or after midnight I finished them. It wasn’t as obvious as Elena’s situation last week.”

And the world No 1 had demanded some justification from the WTA, occurring the hunt for data to elucidate why gamers have been beginning and ending matches so late. “I understand we have to adjust to broadcasters and everything, but I also asked the WTA for some data to see if people are watching matches that start past 10pm. I didn’t get anything, but it would be easier to actually understand that it makes sense to play that late,” she defined.

Former US Open champion Stephens additionally mentioned one thing wanted to be accomplished in regards to the late-night contests. “It is clear that the circuit has to do a better job regarding the order of play in a tournament,” the American said.