After an entire week of blistering heat, the players of Roland Garros have been forced to deal with another weather extreme for the quarter-finals: gale-force winds.<\/p>\n
Wind speeds hit 28 miles per hour on Wednesday, 3rd June\u2019s order of play, which caused havoc for Aryna Sabalenka in her clash with Diana Shnaider.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka struggled in the winds, which aided her capitulation from 6-3, 4-1 up to confirm her shock exit from the Grand Slam for another year.<\/p>\n
Felix Auger-Aliassime\u2019s quarter-final match with Flavio Cobolli followed, but Roland Garros made the decision to keep the roof open, despite the wins.<\/p>\n
John McEnroe, who was commentating for TNT Sports on the match, believes the Grand Slam made a mistake by not closing the roof of Philippe-Chatrier.<\/p>\n
Chris Evert offers theory behind Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s French Open \u2018meltdown\u2019 after shock loss<\/a><\/p>\n Andy Roddick says the first thing he would do with Jakub Mensik if he became his coach<\/a><\/p>\n Asked if the roof should\u2019ve been closed following Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s<\/a> semi-final match with Diana Shnaider, McEnroe<\/a> simply responded: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n The American legend continued: \u201cMe personally, I want to see quality and the way to give yourself the best chance is to close the roof in this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n McEnroe believes the players at Roland Garros<\/a> this year have been dealt a difficult hand when it comes to the weather, with Paris experience a variety of climates.<\/p>\n \u201cThese players in this tournament have probably dealt with more challenging situations than any tournament I can recall. Brutal heat, all of sudden these gusty winds. The good news it\u2019s not hot.\u201d<\/p>\n The Roland Garros organisers eventually listened to McEnroe\u2019s pleas as the roof on Philippe-Chatrier was closed after the first set between Auger-Aliassime and Cobolli.<\/p>\n Auger-Aliassime took the first set by a scoreline of 6-4, before the conditions were dramatically changed by the closure of the roof.<\/p>\n Roland Garros officials have been forced to deal with several tough situations at the Grand Slam this year, and they\u2019ve come under fire more than once.<\/p>\n Players, including Casper Ruud, have complained about their safety on court<\/a>, while the largest fine in Roland Garros history has been dished out.<\/p>\n Adolfo Daniel Vallejo was issued a \u20ac65,000<\/a> for saying his match with Moise Koaume<\/a> should have been umpired by a male official instead of a women.<\/p>\n That was a decision that McEnroe rallied against too. Speaking on TNT Sports, the American believed the fine was far too high for a player of his Vallejo\u2019s stature.<\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s the thing: \u20ac65,000 to say something asinine? That seems absurd! I can see $5000, maybe $10,000. This guy, he doesn\u2019t make the type of money.<\/p>\n \u201cFor this guy to walk out, he\u2019s obviously stupid, but that is a big time fine. It\u2019s his second language. He\u2019s not a natural English speaker. He speaks Spanish. You\u2019ve got to cut the guy a little slack.\u201d<\/p>\n Roland Garros has also come under fire for its lack of Electronic Line Calling, particularly after Ruud<\/a> was cost a set against Joao Fonseca due to an incorrect call from an umpire.<\/p>\n Despite the unforgettable action on the court, it\u2019s been a tournament to forget for the organisers.<\/p>\n The post John McEnroe suggests Roland Garros made a mistake for Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Flavio Cobolli<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After an entire week of blistering heat, the players of Roland Garros have been forced to deal with another weather extreme for the quarter-finals: gale-force winds. Wind speeds hit 28 miles per hour on Wednesday, 3rd June\u2019s order of play, which caused havoc for Aryna Sabalenka in her clash with Diana Shnaider. Sabalenka struggled in […]<\/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-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","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=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}