The season is getting longer and longer for the tennis stars, and the schedule is becoming increasingly tighter. On the sidelines of the Masters in Rome, world number five Alexander Zverev criticized the recent increase in some tournaments.
Alexander Zverev is calling for more rest breaks in the tennis year, as he made clear at a press conference on the sidelines of the Masters in Rome.
“The Masters 1000 over two weeks is great for players ranked 50th and 100th in the world because they get the chance to compete in a main draw event. It’s not good for top 10 players, “It’s that simple,” said the Hamburg native.
Five of the nine Masters 1000 tournaments now last almost two weeks, including the clay court events in Madrid and Rome.
The ATP also announced in March that two more tournaments would be expanded next year, including the Cincinnati Open.
Zverev makes it clear: “This doesn’t exist in any other sport”
For Zverev, however, the limit has already been clearly reached. “They tell you that you have a rest day in between and that you don’t play every day. But that’s not a real rest day,” explained the best German tennis player: “Rest means that you spend time at home, sleep in your own bed, maybe With your family, your kids, your dogs, a day off between games when you’re somewhere else is not rest.”
Because the season lasts eleven months, tennis players no longer have the opportunity to “prepare their bodies,” meaning injuries are more likely. “We only have a four-week rest and preparation period for our bodies. This doesn’t exist in any other sport.”
The top players Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner recently had to cancel their participation in the Italian Open due to injury in order not to have to watch the French Open.
2024-05-09 06:44:00
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