By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 30, 2025
Paris – Struggling players are once again making the call to shorten the season.
After dropping out in second-round action at Roland-Garros, Casper Ruud and Alex de Minaur both pointed to the rigors of the tour’s calendar and said that it is next to impossible not to suffer mentally and physically during a “rat race” season that never ends.
“I’m just tired. I’m tired mentally. I’m a little bit burnt out, if anything,” said Alex de Minaur after blowing a two sets to love lead against Alexander Bublik.
The Aussie says having two days for an off-season for several years running is a recipe for a meltdown.
“The solution is simple: you shorten the schedule, right?” de Minaur told reporters. “What’s not normal is that for the last three, four years I’ve had two days off after Davis Cup, and I’ve gone straight into pre-season, straight into the new season again.”
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