Back in March of this year, the Association of Tennis Professionals, or ATP, revealed its calendar for the 2025 tour, which contained 60 tournaments across 29 countries. There were notable changes in the schedule. The ATP Masters 1000 tournaments had been significantly extended in their duration. The National Bank Open Presented and Cincinnati Open were both extended into 12-day events, which is around the same duration as grand slam events, following suit with seven out of nine ATP Masters 1000 events that have switched to the same format. Tennis legends Novak Djokovic and Billie Jean King quickly called out the lack of pushback to this change.
This past Friday, and interestingly enough at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ahead of the US Open, Djokovic called out the late re