Carlos Alcaraz wants to see the ATP do something about the tennis balls because more players will get injured if they don't.
Quite a few players have complained about the tennis balls in use this year and, more importantly, the non-stop changes. While players eventually might get used to the heavier balls in use this year, they won't get used to it if events keep changing it all the time.
Some players like Taylor Fritz experienced four different tennis balls in four consecutive events, which is a nightmare both for playing but also for the amount of stress the body feels during play. Alcaraz hasn't had any problems with it, but he'd like to see the ATP do something about it, as he said during the 2023 ATP Finals.
Well, they should do something about it 'cause it's unbelievable that if we play three or four tournaments in a row, we play four tournaments with different ball. This is amazing. They should do something about it.
Alcaraz even offered interesting suggestions where he wanted swings such as the Australian Open, the US Open, and the Golden Swing in South America to be played with the same ball. It's an interesting middle ground and could actually work well.
Every swing should play with the same ball. For example, Australia, the tournaments in Australia, with the same ball, and then come to South America with the same ball,America with the same ball. Every swing should play with the same ball and not change in every tournament.
I think if I hear well, we've played with 20 or 21 different balls, something like that, in a year. It's crazy. There are a lot of players that got injured because of that. If the ATP want the best players in every tournament, they should change it. If not, every player's going to be injured because of that.
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