The US Tennis Association did it again.
They went ahead with the Shelton-Alcaraz match even though it was already after 11 pm. The match was completed at 3.33 am this morning.
Blah-blah-blah goes the explanation:
the schedule was set;
commitments had been made to advertisers and sponsors;
the preceding matches ran long.
In the end, the only thing that mattered for the USTA was money. 🤑
The spectators that had paid dearly for their tickets, and had no trains to go back home with, did not matter.
The officials and the ball boys and ball girls that were cheated out of a night’s sleep, did not matter.
And the players were paid handsomely, right? So who cares if they had their whole circadian rhythms upended along with everyone else.
Did I get all of that right, USTA?
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