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Jannik Sinner criticises Madrid night schedule after win over Cameron Norrie
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Jannik Sinner criticises Madrid night schedule after win over Cameron Norrie

The Independent·Eleanor Crooks·about 1 month ago
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Jannik Sinner ended Cameron Norrie’s run in the fourth round of the Madrid Open and then hit out at the tournament’s scheduling. World number one Sinner made it 20 consecutive wins with a 6-2 7-5 victory to set up an exciting clash with new Spanish wonderkid Rafael Jodar. The 19-year-old has been the talk of his home city and is through to the quarter-finals on his debut but Sinner believes he has not been well served by the schedule having only completed his third-round win over Joao Fonseca just before 1am on Monday morning. The two-match night session in the Spanish capital does not begin until 8pm, and Sinner said: “For our body and mind, going on court at 11pm and you play at midnight, past midnight, it’s not easy. “Then also, even if you have a day off, the fans they see only us on court, and then we finish at 1.15am. But then you have press conference, recovery, eating, treatment, you don’t go to bed until 4 or 5am. It messes up the whole day.…

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