LONDON – Prime ranked Aryna Sabalenka did not need ladies’s tennis to maneuver into the ultimate 5 units of matches within the Grand Slam match, fearing the chance of upper accidents, like males’s play.
“It in all probability advantages me as I am in all probability one of many strongest bodily. However I do not assume I am able to play 5 units,” Sabalenka mentioned Monday following a two-set first-round victory at Wimbledon.
“I believe it is an excessive amount of for a girl’s physique. I do not assume I am prepared for this quantity of tennis. I believe it’ll enhance the quantity of accidents.
Girls play three units in each match. Males play the perfect 5 format in Grand Slam tournaments and the perfect codecs within the different three bests.
There isn’t a broad motion for change, however that is an occasional subject – if ladies’s tennis wants to maneuver to the highest 5 within the late levels of main tournaments.
Sabalenka was requested concerning the French Open Last, through which Carlos Alcaraz beat Janik Thinner in a five-setter that lasted 5 hours.
“For these watching, it is wonderful to see 5 hours of nice tennis,” Sabalenka mentioned. “However I am not likely jealous of staying there for 5 hours as a participant. I do not know what number of days it’ll take for them to get better after that loopy recreation.”
No. 2 ranked Cocogoff expressed related sentiment on Saturday concerning the high 5 units.
“It might want me from a bodily perspective, however I believe it could be an enormous change for the tour.
Sabalenka beat 194th-ranked Carson Branstin 6-1, 7-5 on Monday in 73 minutes.
