BERLIN, Sept 22: Carlos Alcaraz hit out at the packed tennis calendar after claiming his first victory at the Laver Cup.
The Spaniard said the sport’s governing bodies are going to “kill us in some way” because of the physical demands exerted on players.
Britain’s Jack Draper called the schedule “mental” after heading from the US Open to Manchester to play in the Davis Cup for Britain last week.
Speaking after a 6-4, 6-4 win over American Ben Shelton, a rare bright spot as Europe trailed Team World 8-4, Alcaraz told a press conference: “Probably during the next few years it’s going to be even more mandatory tournaments. Probably they are going to kill us in some way.
“Right now there are a lot of injured (players), because of the balls, because of the calendar, a lot of things. Probably at some point a lot of players are going to miss a lot of tournaments because of that.”
–BERNAMA-PA MEDIA/dpa