Jack Draper and Taylor Fritz have both spoken out and expressed their concerns about the host of injuries suffered by players on the men\u2019s tour in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Holger Rune<\/a> has confirmed his Achilles is \u201cfully broken\u201d<\/a> after being brought to tears having been forced to retire in his Stockholm Open semi-final against Ugo Humbert<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic<\/a> retired due to injury after losing a marathon opening set in his third place playoff match with Fritz at the Six Kings Slam exhibition<\/a> in Riyadh later that day.<\/p>\n Injuries and players struggling physically have been major themes on the ATP Tour<\/a> since the Asian swing. Seven players were forced to retire mid-match at the Shanghai Masters earlier this month, while world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> was one 13 players to pull out before the event.<\/p>\n Draper<\/a>, the current world No 9, cut his 2025 season short due to a bruised humerus injury that forced him to pull out of the US Open in late August.<\/p>\n In a post on X after Rune and Djokovic\u2019s retirements, Draper called for changes to be made to the tour as he warned that young players will struggle to have long careers with the current calendar.<\/p>\n Injuries are going to happen\u2026 we are pushing our bodies to do things they aren\u2019t supposed to in elite sport. We have so many incredible younger guys on the tour right now and I\u2019m proud to be apart of that, however, the tour and the calendar have to adapt if any of us are gonna\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 jack draper (@jackdraper0) October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cInjuries are going to happen\u2026 we are pushing our bodies to do things they aren\u2019t supposed to in elite sport,\u201d said the 23-year-old Brit.<\/p>\n Why Jack Draper \u2018needs to change something\u2019 as injury expert issues Juan Martin del Potro warning<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jack Draper gets backing in Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner Grand Slam debate<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe have so many incredible younger guys on the tour right now and I\u2019m proud to be a part of that, however, the tour and the calendar have to adapt if any of us are gonna achieve some sort of longevity.\u201d<\/p>\n Fritz<\/a>, the world No 4, agreed with Draper and went on to argue that conditions are contributing to the increase in injuries.<\/p>\n \u201cFacts, also seeing more injuries and burnout now than ever before because balls, courts, conditions have slowed down a lot making the weekly grind even more physically demanding and tough on the body,\u201d the 27-year-old American said in reply to Draper.<\/p>\n Alcaraz is one of many players who has criticised the tennis schedule in recent months.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that the schedule is really tight,\u201d said the six-time Grand Slam champion during the Japan Open last month.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have to do something with the schedule. I think there are too many mandatory tournaments, too many in a row.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Novak Djokovic is a \u2018unicorn\u2019 \u2013 but is his schedule contributing to his injuries? Leading expert reveals<\/a> The post Jack Draper & Taylor Fritz warn tennis chiefs and call for change after Holger Rune horror injury<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jack Draper and Taylor Fritz have both spoken out and expressed their concerns about the host of injuries suffered by players on the men\u2019s tour in recent weeks. Holger Rune has confirmed his Achilles is \u201cfully broken\u201d after being brought to tears having been forced to retire in his Stockholm Open semi-final against Ugo Humbert […]<\/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-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","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=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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