“Paris was right”: four days after the end of the Masters 1000 in Paris, one of the few to still be played over a week rather than two, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas denounced on X the recent extension of these prestigious tournaments.
“The two-week Masters 1000 has become a chore”estimated the 12th world player on the social network, in reaction to a video of the former American world No. 1 Andy Roddick who also denounced the extension of the duration of Masters 1000the most important tournaments after the four Grand Slams.
Pour Tsitsipasthree-time winner of the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000a week long like that of Paris, “players do not get the necessary recovery or training time, with matches constantly playing and no room for intense work off the court”.
Due to the extension to two weeks of most Masters 1000, “the quality (from the game, Editor’s note) fell”. “Paris was right, it was all over in a week. Exciting and easy to follow, just what you should do”insisted the Greek, eliminated in the quarter-finals in the French capital.
Organized in March, the first two Masters 1000 of the season (Indian Wells et Miami) have long been spread over two weeks.
But what was an exception is about to become the norm, with the extension to 12 days of competition Masters 1000 de Rome, Madrid et Shanghai from 2023 and that planned for 2025 of Cincinnati Masters 1000 a you Canada.
Among the nine Masters 1000 of the 2025 season, only those of Monte Carlo in spring and Paris in the fall will retain the historic format of a week of competition.
Pour Tsitsipas, “if the goal is to lighten the schedule”the lengthening of most Masters 1000 East “a step back”. “Sometimes it seems like they (ATP, Editor’s note) fix what wasn't broken”the Greek got annoyed.
