Tennis might be thrilling to watch, but behind the scenes, it’s a grind. Weeks blur together with back-to-back tournaments. The cut-off rules of the ATP and WTA Tours force pros to navigate more than 60 events a year across continents. Add the Grand Slams, national team battles, the Olympics, plus a stack of Challenger and ITF events, and the calendar overflows. And Taylor Townsend isn’t about to stay quiet about it now.

In a chat with Clay Tennis, the tennis mom with two doubles Grand Slams laid it all bare. She spoke honestly about how the tour schedule wears players down . She said, “A big one is the schedule — there’s no real off-season. And when it comes to prize money, the distribution throughout the year isn’t balanced, aside from the Slams and a few Masters 1000s, since not a

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