
Andrey Rublev Believes The ATP’s New Masters Format Has Both Pros And Cons - UBITENNIS
Tennis ATP, Latest news Andrey Rublev has mixed feelings about Rome and Madrid becoming the latest Masters 1000 events to be expanded on the Tour. This year is the first time the

OK, unlike the Slams the Masters 1000 are under the provenance of the ATP, so i can see how they are being made bigger and more of an Event.
Beautiful Hair has some points to be made, but lets be real, that extra week the players would bag another 250 or 500 tournament to play regardless, so there would be mental & physical fatigue happening either way. Increase the payouts and the players will complain less (maybe up the computer points?)
The biggest positive takeaway IMO is that having rest days in between could reduce the chance of injuries.
OToH, being a tennis fan sadist, ngl i will miss the unique physical challenge the Masters presents of playing top opponents up to 5 or even 6 consecutive days. Last years Paris Masters Little Holger beat top 10 opponents in 5 consecutive days, alas that will go away.
Plus this Italian: both Rune & Rude won Wednesday BO3 and don't have to play again until Saturday, really??
So my last point, there is now no valid excuse not to make both the men AND the women finals best of five set matches, as there is ample time to recover after that. In IW/Miami and the Madrid/Rome runups (and in the future Cincy/Canada) you can take now up to 4/5 days for the finalists to play the first round match of the 2nd Masters after the conclusion of the 1st one.
Agree/Disagree?
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