‘That’s Even Worse’- Tennis Legend Chris Evert Slams Madrid Open for Scheduling Issues

Chris Evert believes that the schedule of the Madrid Open is not correct. The Masters 1000 event kicked off on 1st May. With some high-performance matches, the tournament is now in its final days. Yesterday, the 7th of May, the tournament scheduled its two men’s semifinal matches. While Djokovic and Alcaraz played the first semifinal, the second match featured Zverev taking on Tsitsipas.

Even though everything seemed smooth, what took the highlight was the timings of the match. With the finals scheduled for today, Chris Evert expressed her disapproval over the scheduling of the semifinal clash, which apparently ended close to midnight.

Chris Evert expresses disapproval of the semifinal scheduling

With the women’s final taking place at 6 PM, the semifinal clash between Tsitsipas and Zverev was scheduled at 9 PM. Following the coin toss and the warm-up taking place, the match finally kicked off around 9.15 PM. As both players are playing their best tennis, the match was a three-set thriller.

Fans enjoyed the clash thoroughly. However, what went unnoticed by many was the time. The 1 hour and 53-minute-long thriller ended post 11 PM. Even though one might think of it as a no big deal, it did need attention when looking at the finals scheduled for today. As per the schedule, the men’s singles finals of the Madrid Open will take place at 6.30 PM today.

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Looking at the timings, it goes without saying that the players would not get the apt amount of rest before preparing for the finals. Expressing her concern over the scheduling issues, Evert took to her Twitter putting up two tweets. The tweet criticized the Madrid Open for its match scheduling.

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After a week of thrilling matches, the finals of the Madrid Open will take place today, i.e. the 8th of May. The match will feature Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz and the German ace Alexander Zverev.

Both players have been in devastating form since the start of the tournament. During his road to the finals, Zverev outplayed notable names of the game like Marin Cilic, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Stefanos Tsitsipas. On the other hand, on his road to the finals, Alcaraz beat two of the greatest players of all time, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

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