“Unfortunately, the Asian Swing is the hardest part because you feel like the season is going to finish soon, but you still need to push,” Iga Swiatek said just a week ago, and the words cut deep. The truth is undeniable: the tennis season stretches endlessly, demanding too much from bodies and minds. With both ATP and WTA tours running nearly 11 months, players face relentless heat, suffocating travel, and mandatory events that leave little space to breathe. Now calls for reform only grow louder as chaos unfolds in China, where Holger Rune , Bianca Andreescu , and others visibly struggled just to finish their matches.

Breaking news from the Shanghai Masters paints a grim picture as Holger Rune, battling Ugo Humbert, suddenly called for a medical timeout while leading 4-3 in th

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