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| Shorter Season for ATP | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 15 2010, 09:53 AM (253 Views) | |
| Ebonymuse | Oct 15 2010, 09:53 AM Post #1 |
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ATP may shorten tour by 2-3 weeks in 2012 SHANGHAI (AP)—The ATP Tour may shorten its 11-month season by two or three weeks in 2012 to give players more rest and help them avoid injuries and burnout. “We are taking a good, hard look at our calendar to see if there is a meaningful way to lengthen the offseason that would allow players more time for rest, fitness and working on their game,” spokeswoman Kate Gordon said Friday. The ATP board of directors will meet during the ATP Tour World Finals in London next month to vote on schedules for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Some of the proposals being considered would shorten the calendar by two or three weeks. “The issue of season length has been around for a long time and there is no quick fix, but we are committed to giving it real consideration,” Gordon said. The top players have advocated for a shorter tournament calendar for years. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal, who admitted being tired this week after playing three tournaments in a row and 16 overall this year, has suggested allowing the top players to stop playing after the final top-tier Masters events in the fall and forgo late-season smaller tournaments without having to worry about giving up ranking points. “The perfect schedule is if you have the chance to play and you have the chance not to play,” he said at the Shanghai Masters this week. Andy Roddick also wants a longer offseason for players. “I’ve been pretty upfront with saying I think (the schedule) is too long,” he said in Shanghai. “I think, luckily, our voices seem to be getting to the point where they’re being heard.” YAHOO! Sports http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-atp-shorterseason |
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| Greger12345 | Nov 7 2010, 04:25 PM Post #2 |
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Yep, shorter so they top guys can play more lucrative exhibitions and still whine that the seasons too long LOL! |
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| tcaxel | Nov 10 2010, 03:05 AM Post #3 |
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Ain't that the truth?? I suspect the rank and file players don't mind a long season, more money opportunities for them. However, the very top players who can afford to skip tournies, I think what pisses them off is the required Masters tournaments, which, because they are mandated to play, probably doesn't give them guaranteed appearances money. IMO Theo |
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| Rex | Nov 10 2010, 12:58 PM Post #4 |
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It's hard to take Andy, Novak and others seriously about wanting a longer off-season when they played exhibitions in the middle of the season. |
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| Passion4Tennis | Nov 10 2010, 01:10 PM Post #5 |
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Federer wants shorter season Tue, 09 Nov 18:04:00 2010 Roger Federer has backed calls to shorten the tennis calendar to protect players from burnout by creating a six week off-season. - 0 World number one Rafa Nadal, who has also said the season is too long, and top French player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are among the high-profile absentees due to injury at the Paris Masters this week. "I think it's time we shifted back a bit and we get a proper off-season really," Federer, who has never got further than the quarter-finals, told reporters. The ATP is to finalise its proposed calendars for the 2012 and 2013 seasons at a series of board meetings in London during the World Tour Finals in November. The governing body has said it was looking at a "meaningful way" to reduce a punishing schedule. "Four weeks is just not enough off-season really," Federer said. "Six weeks I think is much better as already you can take two weeks off...practise three, four weeks which is a lot for us in our world." Several top players are behind the appeal for a tour overhaul including world number two Novak Djokovic, who sits with Nadal on the Players' Council. Federer, who meets Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the second round on Wednesday, said it was in the "best interests" of tournaments which are often hit with a series of withdrawals towards the end of the tennis calendar year. World number nine Fernando Verdasco attributed his recent poor form to the heavy schedule. The Spaniard, who came through a tough three-setter against veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement on Tuesday, had only won one match since the U.S. Open in September. "Yes, maybe I am a little tired," the sixth seed said. "The year is very long and for me personally it's been an extremely long three years. "In 2008, there was the Davis Cup final ... I had just three days holiday and last year we were again in the Davis Cup final." Reuters Edited by Passion4Tennis, Nov 10 2010, 01:11 PM.
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| Passion4Tennis | Nov 10 2010, 01:12 PM Post #6 |
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Okay Rex! That picture is almost as disturbing as the driving video. Every time I see it, I'm waiting for Djokovic to kiss Nadal.
Edited by Passion4Tennis, Nov 10 2010, 01:12 PM.
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| tcaxel | Nov 11 2010, 03:09 AM Post #7 |
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Everytime I see Novak I think he needs a mirror to kiss himself.. Theo ducking and running... |
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| Greger12345 | Nov 14 2010, 01:51 PM Post #8 |
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Too funny, it looks like he's getting ready to plant a big sloppy one on him! |
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| wolfengrrl | Nov 16 2010, 10:23 PM Post #9 |
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Honestly, if I were tennis commissioner, I would totally revamp how tennis is done. I would break it up regionally, and then have global tournaments based on regional results. I also would shorten the tour. Especially in the states it suffers from too much competition. |
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| Greger12345 | Nov 21 2010, 08:43 PM Post #10 |
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Well, now that its been approved, I'm confused about what's going to happen to the Paris Masters? And, for all the talk about "injuries" and being "burned out" the top guys will still play 7 weeks in exhibitions for big bucks, keep it real now. |
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