After his premature defeat against Cerundolo, Zverev explained with great confidence that the new ten-day format of the Masters1000 mainly benefited players ranked between 50th and 100th place. A theory that Andrey Rublev, when questioned on this subject, did not really validate.
« It depends. It’s a bit of a difficult question, because it’s true that some tournaments seem to be longer and we have more days off. But here, for now we are going to do Madrid and Rome so… In fact we can say that we rest more between matches, but it takes us four weeks. It’s not easy to tell which format is right. I guess it should be more focused on how all the players think, how average the players are, and then also what’s best for the spectators. Then, based on the opinion of most of the people involved, we could choose the best option. because sometimes they (Editor’s note: the ATP) make decisions without asking anyone.”
Published on Thursday May 2, 2024 at 10:45