Players struggle with injury and motivation due to tight calendar, Alcaraz says

Spain’s Alcaraz played 50 legit singles fits this one year sooner than the Laver Cup, successful 41 of them.

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22 September, 2024, 05:20 pm

Final modified: 22 September, 2024, 05:24 pm

Gamers wrestle with hurt and motivation attributable to tight calendar, Alcaraz says

Four-time gigantic slam winner Carlos Alcaraz said a correct tennis calendar makes it refined for gamers to defend motivated all one year long and will improve the chance of accidents.

The enviornment quantity three, who has received the French Open and Wimbledon this one year except for a silver medal in the Paris Olympics, said he feared the scenario would irritate in some unspecified time in the future with more basically the most foremost tournaments added to the calendar.

“Potentially all over the following few years, it would possibly perhaps well be even more basically the most foremost tournaments. Potentially they are gonna raze us in some manner,” Team Europe’s Alcaraz told newshounds on Saturday, after beating Team World’s Ben Shelton in the Laver Cup.

“True now there are … a lot of injured (gamers) attributable to the calendar. Potentially at some level a lot of correct gamers are going to omit a lot of tournaments attributable to that,” the 21-one year-extinct said.

“It’s miles refined. Every so continuously I didn’t feel motivated in any admire. The calendar’s so tight. Moderately about a tournaments … no longer as (many) days off as I need,” he said.

“I’ve been feeling this about a situations already, that I don’t are looking out to head to that match. I are looking out to defend at residence with my family and my chums.”

Alcaraz will face Taylor Fritz in another neighborhood stage match in the Laver Cup on Sunday, after playing a doubles tie with partner Casper Ruud.