Jannik Sinner don begin im Roland Garros journey today, facing French wild card Clement Tabur for first round. Di match dey for evening session, and some people dey talk say na favour from organisers make e no suffer di hot sun wey dey burn Paris for afternoon.
Di temperature don pass 30 degrees, and di sun dey hot well well. Some players don suffer, like during Rublev match against Zverev, where one ball girl nearly faint. So when Sinner dem schedule am for night, Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo write say ‘Roland Garros save Sinner from infernal heat’. Di article na from Angel Rigueira, wey be senior editor for di paper, and e dey carry small bitterness because of di rivalry between Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz for Spain.
Rigueira call Sinner ‘di man of snow’, because e come from San Candido for mountains, wey e dey ski like normal thing. E say Sinner avoid di hot sun for im first match, and dat e dey protected from di sun. E add say cramps fit be worse enemy dan any opponent for court.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic fans dey complain say dem schedule Djokovic for afternoon heat, around 3pm, for im second round match against Frenchman Valentin Royer. Dem dey say na conspiracy to favour Sinner. One fan write for X say ‘Djokovic go play for 3pm. Make we see if dem go ever schedule Sinner for noon. Dem no go do am because dem dey protect dia own.’ Another fan talk say ‘Roland Garros schedule Novak for di hottest part of di day, with 34 degrees, and e dey play against Frenchman wey for normal case go be night match.’
Di controversy dey show how di scheduling dey affect players, especially with di extreme heat. Sinner, wey be world number one, go play im match for evening, while others dey fight under di sun. But organisers no don officially respond to di complaints.
