The Queen’s Club and the cinch Championships have issued a joint statement after their sixth seed Denis Shapovalov accused them of “discrimination”. The Canadian is out of the singles tournament at the club but slammed them for failing to let female players practise on their courts.
Shapovalov criticised the Queen’s Club on Friday when he tweeted: “Ironic that @TheQueensClub is named after a powerful, extraordinary woman yet is openly discriminating against professional female tennis players by not allowing them to train at the club when they need to prepare for @Wimbledon. Time to review this policy #tennis #genderequality”.
And both the tournament and the club itself were quick to respond to their sixth seed’s claim, issuing a joint statement later that evening. It read: “During the first five days of the tournament the courts on site are solely for the use of ATP players playing in the event. There are numerous other grass courts in London available to professional players who wish to train on grass.”
Shapovalov is through to the doubles semi-final at Queen’s but crashed out of the singles tournament in his opening match. He has stayed on-site to continue playing doubles alongside Rohan Bopanna, while also training for Wimbledon.
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