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Daniil Medvedev: “People don’t see the toll” tennis puts on top athletes
The former world No. 1 became the latest to speak out about the challenge of travel and ever-changing routines after a first-round win at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Daniil Medvedev joked at the Australian Open that he wasn’t ready to launch into podcasting just yet, leaving the former world No. 1 to make the most of the press conference format to achieve the same effect.
His latest turn behind the mic at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships saw him monologue about the state of the game and the ever-increasing challenges top athletes face to achieve elite levels of consistency.
Only grand slams and masters tennis tournaments should have ranking points: Medvedev
Daniil Medvedev says dropping smaller events like Hong Kong Open would ease pressure on players to play 11 months of year
Daniil Medvedev has called for a streamlined ATP calendar with only grand slams and masters 1000 tournaments offering ranking points, though the Russian concedes such reforms would be difficult to implement.
Top players are obligated to compete in the four majors and eight masters events, with the world rankings breakdown reduced from 19 to 18 tournaments in 2026 after the men’s body removed an ATP 500 commitment.
World No 11 Medvedev said that if smaller events, such as the Bank of China Hong Kong Open, did not count towards the rankings it would ease the pressure on players who have criticised the 11-month calendar.
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Medvedev’s Solution to Streamlining Schedule
Daniil Medvedev suggests trimming tournament ranking points to streamline the schedule.
Speaking to the media in Dubai, Medvedev said he sees one way to shorten the schedule: make the four Grand Slams and ATP Masters 1000 events mandatory and strip ranking points away from all other ATP 500 and 250-level tournaments.
“In general, yeah, I would say make four Grand Slams, I don’t know, 11 Masters, and that’s it,” Medvedev said. “The other tournaments, maybe make them without points or something. Not like exhibitions, but without points or something.
“Because what happens is last year, like, Holger [Rune] got injured in Stockholm, everybody was like, Yeah, but you don’t have to play it. If he wants to be in Turin, he has to, even if it’s not a mandatory tournament. That is where it is borderline. Players don’t even know.”
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