{"id":1118,"date":"2025-10-03T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:00:33","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-blasted-for-hypocrisy-after-calendar-complaints-hard-to-take-them-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1118","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz blasted for hypocrisy after calendar complaints \u2013 \u2018Hard to take them seriously\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz has been criticised for complaining about the ATP calendar while also taking time to play in lucrative exhibition matches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The subject of players\u2019 schedules was first brought up by Iga Swiatek but after Alcaraz gave his support, the men\u2019s No.1 has been criticised for double standards.<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcataz criticised for calendar complaints<\/h2>\n

When asked about Swiatek\u2019s complaints, Alcaraz agreed with the assessment that too much is being asked of the players and said \u201cthey have to do something\u201d when it comes to reorganizing the schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with Iga,\u201d Alcaraz said after winning the Japan Open. \u201cI think that the schedule is really tight. They have to do something with the schedule. I think there are too many mandatory tournaments, too many in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey put in some rules that we have to play Masters 1000s, 500 tournaments, whatever it is. But there are too many rules that we as tennis players are not allowed to have a choice if we have to play or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I have to consider in the future if I have to skip some mandatory tournaments just to maintain my physical condition and good shape. Obviously it\u2019s more than the physical condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think mentally it\u2019s really demanding as well, playing so many mandatory tournaments in a row or playing so many tournaments without having days to rest up mentally. I will consider skipping some mandatory tournaments to the benefit of myself mentally. I agree with Iga and I think a lot of players are going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Alcaraz has now been criticized for saying one thing and doing another as he has voluntarily signed up for a number of exhibition matches, such as the Saudi Arabian-backed 6 Kings Slam starting this month.<\/p>\n

Serena Williams\u2019 former coach Rennae Stubbs said it was hard to take Alcaraz\u2019s complaints seriously when he is opting for more tennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think it\u2019s funny because as much as I love Carlos, it\u2019s like I have recently seen that he is literally signed up for like every exhibition in December,\u201d she said in an episode of her own podcast.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike, it is hard to take them seriously when they\u2019re like, yes, the schedule needs to be smaller so that I can go play exhibitions in the Miami suburbs. Again, not so much critique, it\u2019s just a little inconsistent. Yeah, that just makes me, that\u2019s what makes me laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another voice from the tennis world who found little sympathy for Swiatek and Alcaraz was Novak Djokovic who suggested there was not enough unity from players to ever create change.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe monopoly that has been created in this sport has been very strong for the last, you know, three, four decades,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd there are people who just don\u2019t want to change things in our sport, you know, for the better, in terms of when it comes to the players\u2019 welfare. You know, because everybody works in their own interest. And that\u2019s logical, I guess, business sense.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, as a player and someone that has been playing on the highest level for more than 20 years, I can say that the players are not united enough. Players are not participating enough when they should be. So they make the comments and they complain, and then they go away. And then if something is wrong, after a certain amount of time they come back again.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you have to invest the time, you have to invest energy yourself, not your agent, not your team, not your parents, not anybody, yourself, to dedicate yourself to understand how the system works, to understand what are the things that can be done to be reversed, to be improved in terms of the players\u2019 interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor that to happen, you need the top players particularly, you know, to sit down, roll up their sleeves, and really care a bit more about participating in understanding all of the hot topic, I would say. Because going out in the media and talking about this and that, okay, it might stir up some energy or some attention. But in the end of the day, it\u2019s not going to change, nothing is going to change, you know? I know it from my personal experience, trust me. So, yeah, it\u2019s quite a complex topic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read next: Jannik Sinner\u2019s own coach says US Open final defeat was \u2018unsurprising\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carlos Alcaraz has been criticised for complaining about the ATP calendar while also taking time to play in lucrative exhibition matches. The subject of players\u2019 schedules was first brought up by Iga Swiatek but after Alcaraz gave his support, the men\u2019s No.1 has been criticised for double standards. Carlos Alcataz criticised for calendar complaints When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}