Daniil Medvedev lays out very radical calendar change proposal

Daniil Medvedev made a very interesting but also radical calendar change proposal in Turin as the Russian suggests it would be way better if everything revolved around the Grand Slam and Masters tournaments, with the ATP 250 pretty much becoming optional and moved to a slot later in the year.

Following a two-set loss to Taylor Fritz in his opening match at the ATP Finals, the 2021 US Open champion unloaded on the balls on the Tour and complained that playing tennis wasn’t an enjoyable experience anymore. 

On Tuesday, the former world No. 1 returned to the court but this time had more success after beating Alex de Minaur 6-2 6-4. After the match, Medvedev repeated that he remains extremely dissatisfied with the balls used on the Tour but also aired another thing that isn’t making him happy – the calendar. 

This season, the 28-year-old has been mainly focused on the Slam and Masters events, rarely playing any ATP 250s. 

“About the schedule? I got this question not long ago. I think I found a good answer from my side. This year I only tried to play big tournaments. I think I only played three 500s. One preparation for Wimbledon. One Dubai, which was some time after Australian Open. Ones was Beijing, in the Shanghai swing, so it’s a good tournament to play,” Medvedev explained.

“I think somehow there should be, yeah, more bigger, important tournaments, which should be like, Okay, these are the tournaments where we define who is going to be top 10, like Masters 1000. You play good in them, you will be there… Yeah, the schedule should somehow be around them. Like there should not be a 250 after Paris Bercy where Casper, Andrey and Alex have to go there, then they withdraw or something.”

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