If France Tiafoe has his own way, all player lounges of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament have table tennis and video games. TIAFOE said in an interview in September that it will be “a quality -free product like a cardboard, not a dry chicken,” Toperne Director will loan the players for a week instead of loaning the players for a week. Depend on tournament traffic.
The most important thing is that this year’s US Open Semi -finalist, Tiafoe, wants the game schedule to be fair and fair to everyone, not just the stars of the game.
Casper Ruud, the world’s eighth player, agrees with Tiafoe, but is more interested in having a wide gym for warming and cooling.
Ruud said in a Berlin Laver Cup last month, “Some players like to eat pasta, others like more meat, and some like to eat more meat, so you can cook fresh food. There is a chef.
The Masters 1000 is the highest level of tournament on the ATP tour, offering the most prizes and rankings other than MBLE BLEN and Australia, France and the United States. There are nine events, including Rolex Paris Masters, which starts on Monday. More than half of the tournament, such as Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome and Rolex Paris Masters, is operated by all touring pro, which has become a tournament.
Two former women’s world, Amélie Mauesmo and Garbiñe Muguruza also Fren in the WTA Final, which starts on November 2
Paolo Lorenzi, the former Italian player and the Tournament director of the Italian Open, said in a phone call this month, “athletes and tournaments are completely different.” “The player has a lot of pressure. Now I have pressure From ~ player. Everyone has a different request. As a player, I know you are doing your best. But as a tournament director you know that everyone will not be happy. ”
To be a tournament director means pleasing to everyone, especially athletes who are used to getting what they want. Satisfying heterogeneous parties is the most difficult aspect of Cédric Pioline, a Paris Masters Tournament director.
Pioline, who runs runner -up in the 1993 US Open and Wimbledon in 1997, said, “Reservations are very sensitive. The players are of their own and want to organize the day. As a tournament director, I often need to think about fans, coaches, agents, media and TVs with different time zones. After all, the tournament must have the last word. ”
Last year, Pioline found himself on the player’s cross hair when Jannik Singer finished the second round at 2:37 am and played the third round next afternoon. SINNER withdrew from the tournament and complained that the break was not enough, and the Pioline faced a backlash from the fans and players. Piolin said he tried to please everyone.
Pioline said, “We must work it. “We have bonuses for hotels, transportation and courts and time. (Novak) If Djokovic asks for it, it asks for something different from a bad person. We respect all the players and are all champions. But there is a super champion. ”
Daniil Medvedev knows that it takes special talents to deal with the best players.
In 2021, MEDVEDEV, an American open champion, said in the Laver Cup, “I think you should have a good organizational skills. Sometimes tennis players can have difficulties when we are playing. “If you stop playing, you can start developing that technology.”
Tommy Haas admits that he was in the right place when he became a tournament director of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells of the 2002 Olympics silver medalist, Indian Wells. No. 14, he developed a close relationship with Larry Ellison, an Oracle co -founder who bought the tournament in 2009, Ellison chose him as a tournament in 2016.
Haas said early this month, “This was perfect. “I knew I wanted to continue to participate in tennis, but I wasn’t interested in coaching or commentary.
When Rafael Nadal kneeled and had to withdraw from the semi -final with Roger Feder, Haas added, “It helps to play through all my performance.” HaaS contacted friends Djokovic, Pete Sampras, and John Mcenroe to prepare exhibitions for fans including him.
The transition from the role of the player to the director is not always easy.
Feliciano Lopez, a Madrid open tournament director since 2019, said, “Feliciano Lopez, a Madrid open tournament director since 2019, said, It took time. This is an amazing work of the tournament. As a tennis player, you tend to do something natural. ”
The year -round position and time can also have a big impact on the roles of tournaments and directors. James Blake was ranked fourth in 2006, and the tournament director of Miami Open now knows the great advantage of South Florida’s lines and sand in March. His tournament is carried out at Hard Rock Stadium, the home of Miami Dolphins in NFL, so you can offer eight seed luxury suits that can be relaxed among other privileges. But this does not mean that Blake is easy.
He said earlier this month that “a fire broke out every year.” In 2019, Blake said that Federer and his agent had to fight the agent who had to play at night after requesting a game all day. Blake went to the locker room and explained a complex schedule, and Federer agreed to the change. He continued to win the tournament.
This year, Blake had to deal with the media’s attention after dying by saying that Aryna Sabalenka’s ex -boyfriend said it was an obvious suicide in Miami before the event.
Blake said, “You can’t prepare like that kind of crazy.” “I have more gray hair on my beard.”
Pioline leads the final master 1000 of the season in Paris. For some athletes, this year’s last tournament and it can be difficult to maintain motivation.
Pioline said, “In the indoor and Europe, it is the beginning of winter and it is dark, rainy, and affects mood at 5:00 or 5:30. “I’m worried about Turin and Davis Cup for some people (ATP Finals), and I am thinking about vacation for others. As an organization, we must consider the fatigue of everyone facing. ”
Players are familiar with receiving luxurious gifts from a weekly tournament, including brand clothing and technical items.
Ben Shelton currently has a wish list of your favorite privileges in the tournament director.
Shelton mentioned the recent theft related to NADAL and Grigor Dimitrov. And Sebastian Koda.
Shelton said, “But then you will say that you want to fly privately from the city to the city. It would be quite crazy. ”
Lorenzi laughed as she talked about what she wanted. Instead, he provided homemade gelato and espresso station in the player lounge. What is the additional privilege?
“We give them Rome. “We hope that is enough.”
