Somewhere in Spain, Carlos Alcaraz can finally stretch out and breathe easy, his decision to skip Shanghai now looking masterful. While the World No. 1 enjoys calm after his Japan Open triumph, chaos reigns in China, where “brutal” heat and humidity have ripped the draw apart. Jannik Sinner fell victim, retiring with painful cramp against Tallon Griekspoor, as the heat crisis spirals and the schedule’s madness takes center stage. Players suffer, fans endure, and frustration simmers. Andy Roddick now slammed the scheduling mess, echoing a growing sentiment that the sport’s rhythm is cracking under its own relentless grind.

Andy Roddick rarely pulls his punches, and this week, he let loose. On a new episode of his Served podcast , the former World No. 1 took direct aim at what

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