Djokovic's PTPA Supports Kyrgios After Explaining 'Crazy' Tennis Schedule
Nick Kyrgios joined the PTPA this year, and the organisation has backed his recent comments on the tennis schedule.
Kyrgios has always been critical of the tennis schedule, finding it to be too long. He employed his own revised tennis schedule for much of his career, opting to skip the entire clay season most of the time.
While he caught criticism for it, he's not entirely wrong. The tennis schedule is quite long, and we saw plenty of players pick and choose their spots, especially the higher-ranked ones.
There are plenty of those who can't afford to do that and have to play weekly due to how little the sport pays if you're not at the top. It's something the PTPA and Djokovic talk about often. When it comes to the schedule, Kyrgios explained it from the point of view of a player recently.
Tennis is crazy like that. We basically travel to a new country every week. So no off season. You play all year round. Like if a tennis player plays their full schedule, it's like you get maybe a month off at the end of the year to get your body and mind right.
The schedule is quite brutal because that's only part of the story. There are many variables that make the sport quite unique compared to others.
It's the hardest thing. People don't understand, like you travel to new timezones, new food. Sometimes you're in Asia then Europe it's like crazy. You never have a solid time when you're going to play. A lot of variables to being a good tennis player. Gotta be adaptable for sure.
The PTPA backed his comments on social media by adding their comment to the video of Kyrgios explaining the schedule.
The professional tennis schedule is unlike anything else in sports. The physical, mental and emotional toll it takes on players only adds to the need for additional player support.
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