The American tennis player said he is not looking at a possible calendar change at a professional level.
The world of professional tennis is in the midst of strong rumors of future changes to the ATP circuit, with the ITF taking over the Masters 1000. One of the main tennis players who supported this idea was Taylor Fritzwho, in addition, He said that two separate tours should be done.
Currently number 10 in the ATP ranking He expressed that he accepts the idea proposed by the highest organizing body of the sport at an international level. and I add: “If you’re in the main, you should be ready to play in all the big tournaments, and everyone should have a slightly bigger draw to make the top 100. And honestly, I think that’s all we have to play for”. In the middle of his interview with The Sydney Morning Heraldthe American He assured that this will allow the calendar to be more comfortable for players and spectators.about whom he added: “You can have 14 feature events and it makes tennis easy for fans to follow, because the only thing you have to pay attention to is those tournaments”.
Because of his statements, Fritz was harshly criticized on social media, so he decided to come out and explain what he was saying. “cWhen I say separate or premium tour I don’t just mean the top players, as I said in the quote the ‘main top tour’ should consist of the top 100. 120 players, like the 125 best in the PGAthey get a tour card and at the end of the year some go down and others go up to the main tour”, he explained on his X account (ex Twitter). Also, the 26-year-old tennis player responded that, if the relegation and promotion system is implemented, Players will play the same matches as if they were outside the top 120and concluded: “Now I don’t think that will happen, but they asked me in an interview, so I give my honest opinion, I think it will make the sport easier to follow from a fans perspective”.
The Grand Slam wants to keep the Masters 1000
In the information announced by the sports channel Tennis Channelthis will be tennis’ biggest change in decades and will count The goal is greater homogenization of tournaments, without the weekly change of ball occurring, as well as a greater distribution of prizes and a greater break for tennis players.
In addition to taking over the Masters 1000 (the most important tournament after the Grand Slams), the new initiative will mean the entry of a tenth Masters 1000 to be played in Saudi Arabia before the start of the Australian Open in January. The goal of the organizers of this new project is to finalize the details when the action in Melbourne begins in January, according to TheAthleticwho called this attempt a “tennis version of Formula One”.
Source: Tycsports
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