Wawrinka & Kasatkina Bewildered By State Of Courts At ITF Event, Demand Action
ATP & WTA
Stan Wawrinka and Daria Kasatkina reacted to a video from an ITF event where the courts are in abysmal conditions.
Last year's ATP event in Napoli was very prominent simply due to the terrible quality of the courts. The organizers had to re-do the courts after the tournament officially started, which was a huge fiasco for the ATP Tour. Considering that we saw that happen at the highest tennis level, it's no wonder that an ITF event had a similar thing happen recently.
A video showing a tennis court in Albuquerque in bad conditions garnered a lot of attention on social media, and both Stan Wawrinka and Daria Kasatkina reacted to it. The Swiss veteran has been quite outspoken recently, not caring about who he offends, and he called out the ITF directly on social media.
ITF any comment ??- Wawrinka reacting to the court condition
Daria Kasatkina is another player who is not afraid to call out the organisation, as she did recently with the Japan Open for having to play in what she described as dangerous conditions. She, too, reacted to this video asking whether players would be fined if they refused to play on such an 'amazing court.
And let me guess…players are gonna pay a fine if they refuse to play on this “amazing courts”. All good @ITFTennis ?- Kasatkina reacting to the court condition
This basically demonstrated something many tennis players spoke about: the rather nonexistent trickle-down effect in tennis. There is so much money in the sport, but seemingly, players and facilities get the least amount of it, causing all sorts of problems on the lower level.
There is a whole tennis world beyond the top flight of tennis and it's actually a vital part of the sport. The top matters but most tennis players aren't actually at the top.
