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‘Really shocked to see…’: Jim Courier on Djokovic, Sinner and other top 20 stars playing in ATP Tournaments before French Open  | Tennis News

‘Really shocked to see…’: Jim Courier on Djokovic, Sinner and other top 20 stars playing in ATP Tournaments before French Open  | Tennis News

With 13 out of the top 20 players in the world playing in the Geneva Open and Hamburg Open between May 17 to May 24 ahead of the French Open, it would mean that the likes of Novak Djovokic and world number one Jannik Sinner will not be travelling to France at least one week in advance. Four-time Grand Slam winner Jim Courier has criticised the top 20 players’ move ahead of the French Open, which starts May 25 and finds this decision shocking. “With someone like Jannik Sinner there is a lot of insurance at play. For Novak Djokovic, he needs the matches because he has not played, and he is going to try and do what he did last year, which is get two or three matches and maybe try and pull the cord with a little bit of match toughness. But I am really shocked honestly, to see some of the names on here,” Courier told The Tennis Channel. While the Hamburg Open will see the participation of eight players out of …