Carlos Alcaraz sides with Aryna Sabalenka in | Sports News

Carlos Alcaraz, alongside with Aryna Sabalenka, Jack Draper, and Iga Swiatek, is advocating for a vital revamp of the tennis calendar. Both the ATP and WTA have confronted criticism, with quite a few high-profile accidents attributed to the extreme quantity of matches and tournaments.

Tour chiefs are beneath growing strain, with the respective world No. 1s believing that an excessive amount of tennis is being performed.

After flying to France for the Paris Masters, the place Alcaraz will face both Cameron Norrie or Sebastian Baez in his opening match, the Spanish sensation referred to as for a discount in the quantity of tournaments.

“Well, I don’t have an exact amount of matches that we should play,” Alcaraz acknowledged in his pre-tournament press convention. “I mean, I can’t answer with an exact number. But obviously, they have to do something with the calendar.

“The quantity of tournaments that now we have to play I believe is simply too high. We do not have such good period of time that we are able to observe, we are able to relaxation.

“Even during the season, I think it’s week after week after week and we don’t have the chance to have a week just to prepare pretty well the tournaments or what we have ahead in the season.

“But, you understand, I’ll take into consideration the quantity of matches that we should always play, and I’m gonna remark later.” His sentiments mirror those previously expressed by Draper, Taylor Fritz, and Swiatek, who believe that injuries are resulting from overworking players.

Sabalenka has labeled the WTA schedule as “loopy,” calling on the governing bodies to intervene for the sake of players’ health at tennis’s top tier.

“The scheduling is loopy, it is actually powerful to deal with,” Sabalenka voiced last week. “We undoubtedly must do one thing about that as a result of when you play at a high stage and when you go far in the tournaments, sooner or later your physique is gonna give up.

“It’s just too much pressure, physical pressure and mental pressure as well.

“At some level, it is gonna harm, like, it is gonna get to you. And final yr I suffered from a shoulder damage and I needed to pull out from Wimbledon, which has by no means occurred to me earlier than, and I really feel prefer it’s all as a result of of the tight scheduling and never enough time to get better my physique.”