Carlos Alcaraz has asserted that the one-week Masters 1000 tournaments are \u201cbetter for tennis\u201d as he questioned the ATP\u2019s move away from the\u00a0original format.<\/p>\n
In 2023, the ATP Tour<\/a> extended the Masters 1000 events in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai to two weeks (12 days) and increased the number of players in the singles draws to 96.<\/p>\n Last year, the same expansion was applied to tournaments in Indian Wells, Miami and Shanghai, while it will also be introduced at the 2025 editions of the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n Prior to the changes, seven of the nine Masters tournaments were played over a week and featured 56-player singles draws, with Indian Wells and Miami each lasting 10 days.<\/p>\n The Masters events in Monte Carlo and Paris are the only two tournaments in this category that will retain the single-week format.<\/p>\n Alcaraz<\/a> won the title in Monte Carlo last week to conclude what was arguably the most entertaining event on the ATP Tour so far this year.<\/p>\n Some felt that the tournament was a reminder that the one-week Masters format provides a superior spectacle, with higher-quality matches contested from the opening round. There was a similar sentiment expressed during the 2024 Paris Masters.<\/p>\n Conversely, many players and fans have been critical of the new Masters 1000 schedule, with Alcaraz the latest to weigh in.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz asked if emulating Rafael Nadal\u2019s 14 French Open titles is \u2018impossible\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Who is Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s latest coach? Samuel Lopez working alongside Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Speaking in his press conference after reaching the Barcelona Open quarter-finals, Alcaraz was asked about the debate over the different Masters formats.<\/p>\n \u201cThe one week ones are better. Some will think that in two weeks there are days of rest, but that is not the case,\u201d the four-time major winner said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou train, you have to mentally prepare for the game, prepare for it\u2026 you\u2019re not resting, really. It\u2019s two full weeks. That\u2019s why I prefer the one-week Masters 1000. For me, it\u2019s better for tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n Stefanos Tsitsipas has been the most outspoken critic of the two-week Masters 1000 format.<\/p>\n In a post on X after the Paris Masters last year, the Greek wrote: \u201cThe two-week Masters 1000s have turned into a drag. The quality has definitely dropped.<\/p>\n \u201cPlayers aren\u2019t getting the recovery or training time they need, with constant matches and no space for the intense work off the court.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s ironic that the @atptour committed to this format without knowing if it could actually improve the schedule, but the quality likewise. Paris got it right, done in a week. Exciting and easy to follow. Just how it\u2019s supposed to be.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the goal was to ease the calendar, extending every 1000 to two weeks is a backwards move. Sometimes, it feels like they\u2019re fixing what wasn\u2019t broken.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz makes shock confession about wanting to \u2018stop for several months\u2019<\/a> The post Carlos Alcaraz makes feelings clear on ATP\u2019s controversial extended Masters 1000 format<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz has asserted that the one-week Masters 1000 tournaments are \u201cbetter for tennis\u201d as he questioned the ATP\u2019s move away from the\u00a0original format. In 2023, the ATP Tour extended the Masters 1000 events in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai to two weeks (12 days) and increased the number of players in the singles draws to […]<\/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-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","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=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Carlos Alcaraz News<\/h2>\n
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