Barty coach Craig Tyzzer on WTA finals in Mexico - "Ridiculous"
The rescheduling of the WTA finals in Guadalajara has met with very little approval in the team of world number one Ashleigh Barty.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Sep 16, 2021, 10:07 pm
Ashleigh Barty is currently enjoying a few days off in Great Britain, the return of the industry leader to her native Australia after several months of absence has to wait a while. A few tournaments are still pending in the fall, such as the postponed WTA Tour 1000 event in Indian Wells. Or the final tournament of the Billie Jean King Cup in Prague, which will be held from November 1st to 6th. And, oh yes, there is also the final tournament of the women's tour, for which the WTA has finally found a venue: Guadalajara in Mexico.
There Barty would start as the defending champion, for her success at the season final in Shenzhen, the current Wimbledon winner in 2019 cleared the largest single check in tennis history: well over four million US dollars. But if you listen to her coach Craig Tyzzer, then it seems pretty unlikely that Ashleigh Barty will hit Guadalajara.
Barty has to be quarantined in Australia
"We just found out that Mexico should be at an altitude of 1,500 meters and that they want to use pressureless balls," Tyzzer told the Australian agency AAP. “Pressureless balls fly. If you use such a ball under normal conditions, it will not bounce. I don't think it's the best publicity for the best women in the world to play with something that they have never tried before. Under conditions that they do not know, in a country where they have not yet played and at this altitude. That just feels ridiculous. "
Which doesn't sound like a commitment from Team Barty to participate in the finals. Especially since the tournament does not end until November 15, after which Barty and her coach would have to return to Australia - and there first serve a two-week quarantine. After almost nine months abroad. “At first we were told it was Hong Kong. Then Prague was up for discussion and now we suddenly hear that it will be Mexico, ”continued Tyzzer. "It feels like the last straw to me."
In addition to Barty, Aryna Sabalenka ,Barobra Krejcikova ,Karolina Pliskova , Iga Swiate k, Maria Sakkari , Naomi Osaka and Garbine Muguruza would be qualified for the final tournament in Guadalajara.