He Rome Masters 1,000 was played without three of the world’s best ATP ranking due to injuries: Carlos Alcaraz (right arm), the Italian Jannik Sinner (hip) and Russian Daniel Medvedev (hip) is outside. The three chasing the world number one Novak Djokovic, who decided not to play in Madrid, where the Murcian himself suffered from his illness and the Muscovite and the Transalpine player withdrew. Shortly after the beginning of Roland Garrosinjuries to 3 of the best players on the circuit as a result of an increasingly demanding schedule were a huge mess.
Therefore, the world number 5, Alexander Zverevspoke about this issue in Rome, criticizing that many Masters 1,000 have increased in length.
Currently, five out of nine Masters They are tournaments 12 days with pictures of 96 players: Indian Wells, Miami, Mutua Madrid Open, Rome and Shanghai. Also, the ATP announced in March that two more Masters, Canada and Cincinnati, will follow the same path and expand to 12 days starting next year. That means one more game for the favorites and less rest.
Zverev So he considers it inadvisable to play two weeks of tournaments in a row and is very critical, making his “simple” solution clear.
“The two-week Masters 1,000 is great for players ranked between 50 and 100 in the world, because they have the opportunity to play in a main draw. “Not good for Top 10 players. It’s as simple as that.”
“Yes, they tell you that you have a day in between, that you don’t have to play every day. At the end of the day, that’s not resting. Resting is spending time at home, sleeping in your own bed , maybe with your family, your dogs, your kids, right?”he added.
“A day between games, if you are somewhere else, is not a break. If you go all the way to the events… “If you try to reach the semi-finals or the final of every event, you’re out longer and you have to work harder”Zverev added to explain the problems players face in playing but at the same time having the necessary rest and being able to reconcile their professional life with their family life.
Zverev It is clear that reducing the length of the season can be a solution to reduce or prevent injuries to players.
“If we have an 11-month season, like today… There just isn’t enough time. Not enough time for the body to rest. There is also not enough time to physically prepare the body,” he commented.
“Physical preparation is not how much you practice on the court, how much you play tennis. It’s about how much work you do in the gym, on the court, off the court, what you don’t can be done during the season”he finished.
Source: La Verdad
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