Alcaraz and Sabalenka, the birthday cake of discord: controversy from tennis players

Two cakes and two measures. Carlos Alcaraz And Aryna Sabalenka – in addition to being in the final at Madrid Masters in their respective categories – they were both born on May 5th. A detail that has not escaped the organizers of the Spanish tournament, who – after the semifinals – celebrated the two tennis players with two different birthday cakes.

The reason for the controversy? The cake of Alcaraz – who celebrated her 20th birthday on the pitch – was much more sumptuous than the one reserved for the Belarusian – number 2 in the WTA ranking – who received the dessert inside the sports facility. The difference in treatment has raised a media fuss, which has seen other tennis stars as protagonists, such as the Romanian Bianca Andreescu And Victoria Azarenka – compatriot of Sabalenka -, that up Twitter they expressed solidarity with their colleague, criticizing the choice of the organizers.

The defense of the director of the Madrid Masters, who also calls Rune into question

“It doesn’t feel right,” she commented Andreescu. atAzarenka – who re-shared a tweet that underlined the difference in treatment between the two- the director of the Madrid Masters, Feliciano Lopez, replied, explaining that Alcaraz – number 2 in the ATP ranking – he had just won the semifinal against Coric on the central court. “The tournament is played in Spain, although it is also an international event,” added Lopez, referring to the nationality of the tennis player who Madrid has already won last year and two weeks ago also triumphed at Barcelona. To defend himself, the tournament director also brought up the cake delivered on April 29 to Holger runewhich – like the Sabalenka – was not in the field on his birthday. “I hope that Runes did not feel offended by this treatment”, concluded the director with a smiling emoji Lopez.