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Daniil Medvedev has called for a streamlined Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) calendar with lone Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments offering ranking points, though the Russian concedes such reforms would beryllium hard to implement.
Top players are obligated to vie successful the four majors and 8 Masters events, with the satellite rankings breakdown reduced from 19 to 18 tournaments successful 2026 aft the men's assemblage removed an ATP 500 commitment.
World fig 11 Medvedev said that if smaller events did not number towards the rankings it would ease the unit connected players, who person criticised the 11-month calendar.
"That's the lone mode to marque the circuit shorter," Medvedev said. "It's ne'er going to hap due to the fact that determination are licenses, and the ATP won't person capable wealth to bargain each of them.
"The different tournaments won't say, 'OK, we're out' due to the fact that they would suffer money. It's business. Right present with how the ATP Tour is, it's ne'er going to change, astatine slightest portion I'm playing.
"Make it 4 Grand Slams, 11 Masters. The others, possibly marque them without points." Reuters has contacted the ATP for comment. ATP main Andrea Gaudenzi defended the calendar in October, saying scheduling remained the players' choice.
Medvedev said players pushed themselves excessively hard to beryllium 1 of the apical 8 to marque the ATP Finals successful Turin. He pointed to Holger Rune, who ruptured his Achilles successful an ATP 250 lawsuit successful October.
"Everybody was similar 'Yeah, but you don't person to play it', but if helium wants to beryllium successful Turin, helium has to, adjacent if it's not a mandatory tournament," Medvedev said. "Last twelvemonth I played 7 tournaments successful a row. Did I person to? No. I played atrocious astatine the opening of the year, possibly I tin get 100 points here, 200. "If determination would beryllium nary points, it's an easier decision.
