Casper Ruud complains about marijuana smell at US Open

A caller tournament, but an aged communicative successful New York. Ever since the usage of marijuana was legalized successful 2021, tennis players astatine the US Open person been facing inconvenience connected the court. Norwegian tennis subordinate Casper Ruud openly commented that it makes his crippled difficult.

"The biggest degradation of the tourney successful New York is that present everything smells similar marijuana. Even successful the tourney facilities. You person to enactment up with that, but it's not my favourite smell," said Ruud.

The celebrated tennis subordinate continued: 

"It's truly irritating erstwhile you spell retired connected the tribunal and odor idiosyncratic smoking a joint. It's not precise amusive for the players who are bushed and astatine the aforesaid clip inhaling that smell. Unfortunately, there's thing we tin bash astir it until the instrumentality changes, and I uncertainty that volition happen."

Rud is not the lone 1 complaining. 

Australian Nick Kyrgios pointed retired that the beingness of hashish makes his crippled difficult: 

"I person terrible asthma. And erstwhile I tally from extremity to extremity of the court, I conflict for air. That's wherefore it's precise hard for maine sometimes, I tin hardly resistance myself betwixt points."

Alexander Zverev reacted

German tennis subordinate Alexander Zverev besides noticed the occupation successful 2023: 

"The full tribunal smells similar hashish," helium said, confirming that the odor interfered with players' focus.

Female tennis players besides consciousness akin difficulties. Greek Maria Sakkari said: 

"The tract sometimes smells of food, sometimes of cigarettes, and sometimes of 'grass'. We can't power that."

It is evident that marijuana has go portion of the ambiance of the tournament, but not pleasant for everyone. Tennis players person to woody with odors that distract them and marque it hard to breathe, particularly erstwhile playing duels astatine a precocious tempo. 

And portion the instrumentality allows smoking successful New York, the players stay successful an unenviable concern - they person to equilibrium betwixt attraction and the discomfort created by their surroundings.

Rud and different professionals anticipation that possibly determination volition beryllium changes successful the future, but astatine the infinitesimal determination is nary solution different than adapting to the caller conditions. For now, marijuana astatine the US Open remains a occupation that players indispensable accept, adjacent if it makes it adjacent much hard for them to execute connected the court.