The Roland Garros 2022 draw has given fans yet another act of a rivalry that goes beyond the purely sporting side, that between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. It was the Majorcan champion, the Sovereign of Paris, who won in 4 hours and 12 minutes of pure battle with a score of 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6 (4), now shortening the gap between the two in the clashes direct (30-29 for the Serbian in 59 matches played) and further improving his score on French clay against the world number one (8-2).
Despite the show put on by the two tennis players (41 slams in two, just to remind the most distracted), in which competition and tension were the two main ingredients, there have been many fiery controversies following the choice of the organizers to have the big match in the evening session, match started at 21:05 and ended abundantly after one in the morning.
Among the most critical of the decision of the organizers Paolo Bertolucci, who expressed his disapproval through a very controversial tweet.
The tweet with poison by Paolo Bertolucci
The former Italian tennis player and Sky commentator lashed out at the organizers of Roland Garros for the times they submit to the tennis players: “Then, calmly, we will talk about the shameful times tennis players are subjected to.
Only incompetent people can play a match of that level at 20.45,” posted Bertolucci on his Twitter account. Bertolucci echoed the complaints of many tennis players who had complained in recent weeks about the difficulty of playing in the evening session, due to the playing conditions and the night hours to be faced.
Nadal and Zverev themselves had complained about the choice of organizers, with the manager of the Majorcan tennis player, Carlos Moya, who had spoken of Nadal’s discontent. “I wouldn’t call it disrespect. Here at Roland Garros, Rafa has a credit, he has won the tournament thirteen times and if he has a request we have to listen to him.
It is part of the history of Roland Garros. We know that no one is superior to the Roland Garros, no one is more important than the Grand Slam tournaments, but in the end it is a matter of business and we understand that,” said the coach in an interview before the game.
Poi , con calma, parleremo degli orari vergognosi ai quali sono sottoposti i tennisti. Solo degli incompetenti possono mettere in campo alle 20.45 un match di quel livello. — paolo bertolucci (@paolobertolucci) June 1, 2022
