The mens’ doubles finalists had been allowed to talk to the gang after their matches.
Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff within the girls’s ultimate on Sunday however weren’t given a microphone to allow them to deal with the gang.
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“We sincerely apologise to all the players and fans who expect more of the Mutua Madrid Open tournament,” mentioned Madrid Open CEO Gerard Tsobanian in a press release.
“Not giving our women’s doubles finalists the chance to address their fans at the end of the match was unacceptable and we have apologised directly to Victoria, Beatriz, Coco and Jessica.”
Tsobanian mentioned the event was working with the WTA to enhance their course of sooner or later.
“We made a mistake and this will not ever happen again,” he added.
The consensus from the tennis world was that it was too little, too late.
Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg tweeted: “The apology from Madrid comes fully, and four days later. The cake is pretty stale by now, you could say.”
American participant Pegula criticised the event at a news convention in Rome on Tuesday.
“Did I think we were not going to be able to speak? No. I’ve never heard of that, like, in my life,” she mentioned.
“I don’t know what century everyone was living in when they made that decision.”
Tunisia’s World No. 4 Ons Jabeur calling the incident “sad and unacceptable”.
Women’s singles finalist Iga Swiatek had criticised the event in her speech on Saturday over their late finishes, saying it was “not fun” to play at 1am native time.
Winner Aryna Sabalenka joked a couple of birthday cake she was given the day earlier than in her speech, which was smaller than the one the event gave males’s champion Carlos Alcaraz.
The Madrid Open additionally confronted complaints in regards to the ballgirls’ outfits, which some followers mentioned had been “sexualised”.
Source: www.news.com.au
