“The scheduling is super intense, it’s too intense. There’s no point for us to play over 20 tournaments in a year,” Iga Swiatek admitted back in June when asked about the mental health challenges players face. Her words now feel prophetic as the WTA calendar continues to pile up, with tournaments jammed one after another, even right after the exhausting grind of a Slam like the US Open. With the Asian swing looming, withdrawals are mounting, Amanda Anisimova being the latest, and frustration is boiling over. The WTA is facing brutal backlash, as players and fans alike call out the chaos of an unforgiving schedule.

The Guadalajara Open is currently unfolding as a WTA 500 tournament on the outdoor hard courts of Zapopan, Mexico. Founded in 2022 as a WTA 1000 event, it was reclassifie

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