Caroline Garcia sounds off on two-week Madrid format: ‘I can’t…’

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2022 WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia slammed the two-week format used at the ongoing Madrid Open as the French tennis star thinks it is “too much” and completely unnecessary. 

Starting this year, the Madrid Open switched to a two-week format and the same is set to follow at the Rome Open. When the format was introduced, one of the main goals was to give players more time to rest during a tournament. 

But Garcia – who had a first-round bye as a seeded player in Madrid – didn’t like it all, making it clear that she wasn’t happy at all about being in the Spanish capital for a week and playing just two matches during that time.

Garcia aired her frustration with the former after Jasmine Paolini handed her a 6-3 6-2 loss in the Madrid third round.

“We’ve been here for a week and we’ve played two matches. It moves slowly, you don’t do much, you wait… This format is a bit frustrating. Some might resonate with it, but I can’t,” Garcia said.

Caroline Garcia © Getty Images Sport – Aurelien Meunier

 

Garcia lost to Paolini, then ripped the two-week Madrid format

Against Paolini, Garcia saved three break points in the fourth game but Paolini kept pressing and claimed the first break of the match two games later for a 4-2 lead. Up by a break, world No. 13…

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