Fritz doesn't understand what's happening with the calendar

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Something happened within the tennis circuit that the communication between players and leadership seems nonexistent. This is the feeling conveyed by Taylor Fritz after his recent statements upon arriving at the ATP 500 Washington, where he is the top seed. The American, who reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, faces a new challenge with little rest, while some players have already withdrawn even from the upcoming Masters 1000 in Canada. For the American, these decisions are logical considering the current overload in the calendar. It seems that the opinion of those involved matters little, as the dynamic has long been well established.

“It's a complicated issue, a strange issue if we consider these last few years. Probably almost all players have been asking for a shorter season for some time… however, all we are doing is extending it even more, adding more things, more breaks, even setting up longer tournaments,” notes the player from Rancho Santa Fe in a transparent criticism of the new two-week-long Masters 1000.

“I saw that the Hopman Cup took place this summer after Wimbledon. Frankly, I didn't even know this tournament was happening,” adds the American, saddened to see how a historic tournament has returned at an inconvenient time in the calendar, going completely unnoticed without the participation of the top players. “They had players like Félix Auger-Aliassime or Flavio Cobolli in the event, present in the draw after playing a Grand Slam like Wimbledon, with one of them making a deep run. If you think about it, it's crazy; we just keep adding more to the calendar, time and time again,” declares the World No. 4.

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The heavy load of tournaments ends up causing the top players, those who consistently reach the later rounds of almost every tournament, to end up exhausted and forced to skip some events, no matter how significant. This time, the big loser is the Masters 1000 Canada, which this season will not see the likes of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, or Jack Draper, among others. It's curious how the ATP circuit, aiming to increase the value of these tournaments, ultimately is generating dissatisfaction with the two-week format and leading to major withdrawals from those tournaments held too close to the Grand Slams.

“Obviously, I think some aspects were shortened to create more continuity between tournaments, but we should work in a different direction,” admits Fritz, who has played in 14 tournaments since the start of the season seven months ago. “It's interesting to see how we can shorten certain elements, like the gaps between tournaments, but then we can't find room to shorten the calendar itself, weeks without any events. I would love to see deadlines reduced and have an extra week, shorten the season, but I don't understand why there is so much tennis, many tournaments still lie ahead,” he concludes.

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