Roland Garros has been plagued by unfortunate injuries at this year\u2019s Grand Slam, with several being ruled out of the competition completely.<\/p>\n
The advertising hoardings at the back of the court have played havoc with players in recent days, namely with Katie Boulter and Zeynep Sonmez.<\/p>\n
Sonmez\u2019s collision with the hoardings led to her withdrawal from her doubles match alongside Tatjana Maria against Anhelina Kalinina and Dayana Yastremska.<\/p>\n
Boulter, meanwhile, suffered a fall in her match second-round match.<\/p>\n
\u201cTHESE THINGS HAVE TO GO,\u201d exclaimed Boulter<\/a> on social media a day after her fall against Anastasia Potapova. [I] got lucky last night but next time I might not be.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking on TNT Sports\u2019 coverage, Tim Henman<\/a>, Johanna Konta<\/a>, and Laura Robson<\/a> were all in agreement that a major change needed to be made by the French Grand Slam.<\/p>\n \u2018That seems absurd\u2019 \u2013 Why Moise Kouame cannot receive his \u20ac200,000 French Open earnings<\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner\u2019s behaviour labelled \u2018strange\u2019 by tennis experts after French Open defeat<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI just wonder if it\u2019s time to get those covers at the side of the court. Why do they need to be at the back of the court?,\u201d said Henman about the mass number of injuries.<\/p>\n \u201cI know they drag them on from the back to front from the net, but at Wimbledon<\/a> they\u2019re at the side of the court. On a clay court you need as much run back as possible because the ball is bouncing high, players are retreating, so you just hate to see that. It\u2019s uncomfortable to watch. I think something\u2019s got to be done. There\u2019s been too many incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n Robson agreed, believing the change would not have any major effect on the Grand Slam at all. \u201cTo see something so preventable seems so silly,\u201d said the former British tennis star.<\/p>\n Konta, additionally, suggested the advertising hoardings were not a problem exclusive to this year\u2019s event, having suffered an injury during her playing days.<\/p>\n The former British No. 1 explained: \u201cIt\u2019s been like that [at Roland Garros] for sometime because I actually remember when I played juniors here, I tripped over the tarpaulin bit at the back and properly bruised my left leg. I think it\u2019s something that happens more than we realise because there\u2019s more coverage, more cameras.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, injuries, withdrawals, and fatigue, at the event have not been exclusive to the advertising hoardings. The heat at the Paris event has plagued many players, including World No. 1 Jannik Sinner<\/a> who suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round.<\/p>\n 17 players withdrew or retired on Roland Garros day three<\/a>, while Jakub Mensik<\/a> collapsed in a heap after defeating Mariano Navone in five sets.<\/p>\n Roland Garros continues until Sunday, 7th June, when the men\u2019s final is set to take place. Every match of Roland Garros<\/a> is live across TNT Sports and HBO Max.<\/p>\n The post Tim Henman says \u2018something\u2019s got to be done\u2019 as he pleads with Roland Garros to make a rule change<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roland Garros has been plagued by unfortunate injuries at this year\u2019s Grand Slam, with several being ruled out of the competition completely. The advertising hoardings at the back of the court have played havoc with players in recent days, namely with Katie Boulter and Zeynep Sonmez. Sonmez\u2019s collision with the hoardings led to her withdrawal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Roland Garros news<\/h2>\n