Re(1): Yes it was poor planning Posted on December 20, 2023 at 11:58:41 AM by Craig G
I'm glad that a few people here understand the situation.
Let's think about the impact of a 10 hour transatlantic flight.
Not good, and for those who are SpO2-aware, and are familiar with a pulse oximeter, there are factoids such as "The mean [range] SpO2 for all flights at ground level was 97% [93–100] and at cruising altitude 93%[85–98]".
So 10 hours at a decreased blood oxygen saturation is not gonna kill you, but probably not used by super bowl q-backs as part of their prep either.
Then you can add the fact that his internal time when he first stepped on the court was 3 freaking AM.
Normally your body starts secreting melatonin at around 9 pm with the plan of getting you into your deepest sleep at 2 am.
Study question #1 - Do top tennis players coming from Europe to play in the US Open fly here on the same day as their first round match?
Study question #2 - In the Milford tournaments where they invited a few players from Basque-land, did they seriously underperform or what?
Now, here are Goiko's point-winning %'s, where I combine serve, receive, singles and doubles for a quick overview.
Fri eve - 30.7
Sat mat - 55.0
Sat eve - 66.7
Sun mat - 73.1
So just when he is mostly recovered and getting up to speed, it's time to leave.
Lastly, the general thinking re jet lag is that recovery takes 1 day per time zone crossed. How does that match up with this data?
