Tommy Paul is once again looking at home at the Queen\u2019s Club Championships, and the American star thinks there should be changes to the grass-court season schedule.<\/p>\n
The world No 28 is making his first appearance at the prestigious ATP<\/a> 500 tournament in London since he won the title in 2024.<\/p>\n Having missed last year\u2019s event through injury, Paul<\/a> has extended his winning streak at Queen\u2019s to seven matches with two straight-set victories at the 2026 edition.<\/p>\n Paul has advanced to the quarter-finals without dropping a set, having beaten Zachary Svajda 7-5, 6-3 in the first round before earning a 7-6(5), 6-3 second round win over Botic van de Zandschulp.<\/p>\n The main tour grass-court season lasts around a month, from the week after Roland Garros until the end of Wimbledon, and it is the only surface that does not host an ATP or WTA 1000 tournament.<\/p>\n After Paul beat van de Zandschulp on Thursday, Tennis365 asked the 29-year-old\u00a0if he would like the grass-court season to be longer, and if he thinks there should be a 1000 level event on the surface.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, absolutely. We talk about that all the time. I think so, for sure. That would be great,\u201d Paul told Tennis365 in a mixed zone interview at Queen\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n Leading expert questions if Jack Draper \u2018can tolerate elite tennis\u2019 amid injury struggles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n LTA CEO sounds alarm over tennis schedule after nine Queen\u2019s Club withdrawals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI mean, it\u2019s the only surface that we don\u2019t have a Masters 1000 on.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is tough, obviously with the schedule. We complain about too many tournaments, but then here I am asking for a Masters 1000 on grass.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I don\u2019t see why we don\u2019t. I think it [grass court tennis] is kind of how the tennis started. It\u2019s the tradition in tennis.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that we should have every level of tournament on the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul was also asked why the grass at Queen\u2019s Club suits his game.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen a lot of players think about Queen\u2019s, they think about a traditional grass court. Much faster, maybe more slippery,\u201d Paul assessed.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I think the fact that I\u2019m pretty comfortable moving on the surface allows me to go after something that maybe some people would be a little bit uncomfortable going after, or running down a ball and staying on my feet rather than falling. I think that helps.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul, who was a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in 2024, will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the last eight at Queen\u2019s on Friday.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Wimbledon withdrawal list: 11 players out as Carlos Alcaraz joined by former world No 9<\/a> The post Tommy Paul calls for longer grass-court season and a Masters 1000 event on grass<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tommy Paul is once again looking at home at the Queen\u2019s Club Championships, and the American star thinks there should be changes to the grass-court season schedule. The world No 28 is making his first appearance at the prestigious ATP 500 tournament in London since he won the title in 2024. Having missed last year\u2019s […]<\/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-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","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=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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