As we reached the back of the grand slams in tennis this year, the ATP Tour events are still far from over. After the tour has added multiple exhibition matches on top of the fixtures, world number three Carlos Alcaraz has had his say on the busy schedule and how it could impact the players.
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00:00World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz has criticised the congested tennis calendar, saying they're
00:07going to kill us in some way.
00:11The 21-year-old spoke about the issue after beating American Ben Shelton in the Lava Cup,
00:16which is the Spaniard's 14th tournament of the year.
00:20Alcaraz has claimed two Grand Slams this year, winning the French Open and Wimbledon, while
00:25also earning a silver medal at the Olympics in Paris this summer.
00:30Alcaraz has played 50 singles matches in 2024, winning 41 and losing nine.
00:37The four-time Grand Slam winner said that he sometimes struggles to motivate himself
00:42because of the amount of tennis in his schedule.
00:45Sometimes you don't want to go to a tournament, he said.
00:48I'm not going to lie, I have felt this way a few times already and it doesn't help with
00:53so many games, comes way more injury for the top players.