Soccer tipster John McEnroe: Djokovic`s Roland Garros schedule was a blow to tennis
John McEnroe commented on Novak Djokovic`s schedule at Roland Garros.
Djokovic played the last start twice - in the first and third rounds. Twice he entered the court second to last - in the second round and in the fourth.
The match against Lorenzo Musetti in the third round was the latest in the history of Roland Garros.
In the fourth round, Djokovic tore his meniscus and withdrew from the quarterfinals.
The Serbian later underwent knee surgery. Now Djokovic may miss Wimbledon and the Olympics.
The fact that they sent him out to play against Musetti at 22:30 was some kind of joke. The match was great, but they played until three o`clock in the morning. This is absurd.
After that, he played another marathon match. He`s number one in the world and if the Grand Slams don`t change the approach to the schedule, I don`t know what will happen next.
The top seed, possibly the best player in history, got injured and [the match according
today soccer predictions schedule] contributed. The whole situation affected his body and recovery.
He went to bed at seven in the morning, how many hours of sleep were there left? We can go on forever. This wasn`t the first time.
He is a great player of all time, perhaps the greatest, and it`s a shame. Of course, we all hope he plays [at Wimbledon]. It would be a shame if he made an already bad situation worse by withdrawing from the tournament.
This does not benefit our sport and spoils its reputation. Is LeBron James playing in the NBA Finals at three in the morning? Yes, it rained for many days and they tried to play all the postponed matches. But they didn`t need to put Grigor Dimitrov on the court. It only delayed [the Djokovic match].
I don`t know what they were thinking other than they just wanted to get it resolved quickly. Did they think that the other guy [Zizou Bergs] just wouldn`t resist?
So all this was, frankly speaking, a blow to our sport.
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