Cincinnati expansion is criticized for the harsh schedule

The final of the tournament between Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz took place only in 23 minutes, when Sinner had to give up at the time the opponent led 5-0 at the opening set. After the battle, Sinner admitted that he was not well since the previous day, and the body was worse than the final day.

could not complete the final, Sinner became the eighth player who had to give up halfway in Cincinnati expanding this year with health reasons. Before the Italian player, Luciano Darderi, Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Jakub Mensik, Frances Tiafoe, Karen Khachanov or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina had to give up the match. Arthur Rinderknech even collapsed on the field against Felix Auger -anssime.

One of the reasons that many players have health problems last week is the harsh weather conditions in Ohio, when the temperature rises in the hot, sunny atmosphere. Not only the players, many fans in the stands also feel uncomfortable, leading to interrupted matches for the organizers to take care of the audience. In Cincinnati, fans also criticized the organizers for the final starting on Monday afternoon, the middle of the working day.

"The final was held at the beginning of the week, at 15h in August at Cincinnati, after the prize in Toronto - Cincinnati, made many people give up and countless tires to death." society. "This needs to change now". Fonseca won a 5-game circuit before Davidovich Fokina gave up when the score was 7-6, 4-5. In Canada expanded, Spanish tennis players also have to withdraw in set three in the match against Andrey Rubleev.

Physical and scheduled incidents that Cincinnati expanded to the end, although this year the organizers have invested more than $ 260 million to upgrade all aspects of the tournament, showing the ambition to become the Fifth Grand Slam in the future.