Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia (Twitter)
Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff within the girls’s closing on Sunday however weren’t given a microphone to allow them to deal with the group
Madrid Open organisers apologised Thursday after not permitting the ladies’s doubles finalists to make speeches after the match on the event final week, amid allegations of sexism.
The mens’ doubles finalists have been allowed to talk to the group after their matches.
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Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff within the girls’s closing on Sunday however weren’t given a microphone to allow them to deal with the group.
“We sincerely apologise to all of the gamers and followers who anticipate extra of the Mutua Madrid Open event,” said Madrid Open CEO Gerard Tsobanian in a statement on Twitter.
“Not giving our women’s doubles finalists the chance to address their fans at the end of the match was unacceptable and we have apologised directly to Victoria, Beatriz, Coco and Jessica.”
Tsobanian mentioned the event was working with the WTA to enhance their course of sooner or later.
“We made a mistake and this won’t ever occur once more,” he added.
American player Pegula criticised the tournament at a news conference in Rome on Tuesday.
“Did I think we were not going to be able to speak? No. I’ve never heard of that, like, in my life,” she mentioned.
“I don’t know what century everybody was residing in once they made that call.”
Women’s singles finalist Iga Swiatek had criticised the tournament in her speech on Saturday over their late finishes, saying it was “not fun” to play at 1 am (2300GMT).
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Winner Aryna Sabalenka joked a few birthday cake she was given the day earlier than in her speech, which was smaller than the one the event gave males’s champion Carlos Alcaraz.
The Madrid Open additionally face complaints concerning the ball woman’s outfits, which some followers mentioned have been “sexualised”.
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