Edmund points to the calendar as guilty of most injuries: "Facing the demand for 11 months a year is a challenge"
The British player, who was forced to retire at the age of 30 due to injuries, affirms that lack of rest and the balls are the main causes.
Carlos Alcaraz, Jack Draper, Emma Raducanu, Lorenzo Musetti are four who have recently suffered injuries that have kept them out of the circuit for a long period of time. In such a tight calendar with no time to recover between tournaments, injuries are starting to increase. And the prevailing feeling is that, far from reaching a solution, the events only continue to rise.
While there are players like those mentioned who are out of the circuit for a few months due to injuries, many others were forced to retire after constant physical misfortunes that prevented them from recovering their best level. The most recent example was that of Kyle Edmund.
Kyle Edmund, former tennis player, issues a warning about injuries to the circuit
The British tennis player reached 14th place in the ATP rankings and made it to the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open, but just a year ago, he decided to hang up his racket upon realizing that the multiple injuries suffered in recent years prevented him from rediscovering his tennis. Therefore, he is a highly authoritative voice to speak about the current situation regarding injuries prevailing in tennis.
"There is no doubt that the game is more physical, especially being on the circuit and talking to former players, the demands, the way people move is physical. You hear about the schedule, more days in tournaments, extended Masters events. There is probably less rest time between tournaments, so you don't have time to do physical training blocks to strengthen your body throughout the year. You focus a lot on maintenance," the Brit said in an interview with Tennis365.
Edmund took the opportunity to point out one of the main culprits: "So, aside from the preseason, you stay fit all year round, and keeping that level and training without trying to increase physical condition, but simply to face the demands for 11 months a year, can be quite a challenge."
He also made it very clear what the second problem is: "There's something else: the balls. I don't have statistics on the balls, but injuries to the arm, wrist injuries... I had a wrist injury at the end of my career. I had never had any wrist injury before. I don't know what it was. Obviously, it came from a knee injury, so maybe I just wasn't prepared for the demands of playing match after match," stated Kyle Edmund, warning so that his case does not become widespread in the circuit.
This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Edmund apunta al calendario como culpable de la mayoría de lesiones: "Es un reto afrontar la exigencia durante 11 meses al año"