Australia’s Sam Groth accused French Open to deliberately wanting to harm the Laver Cup forcing players forcing players to choose between one tournament and another.
Organisers of the French Open moved their tournament from May to September in the attempt due to the coronavirus pandemic to ensure that the tournament is still played this year. The French Open will overlap with the Laver Cup, which will start on 25th May 2020.
“I think something which is being missed is the French Tennis Federation. They have been a really big supporter of the new look Davis Cup. Now they have gone and done is they have gone and done is that they have put them in a week that coincides with the Laver Cup which people see as a bit of a threat alongside the ATP Cup to this new look Davis Cup. They have gone and basically backed themselves in, put themselves in a situation where they are trying to I feel, kill the Laver Cup before it starts to get as big as the Ryder Cup for example. They are looking at creating that sort of model from a tennis point of view. If you gonna go and make players decide between playing this event and the French Open, it’s gonna be a heck of a decision for the players to make. I won’t be surprised if this one ends at the court at some time, because there is is a lot of sponsors and a lot of money involved. It’s meant to be in Boston this year, it’s gonna be an interesting one there is a lot to play out still”, said Sam Groth.
