{"id":2041252,"date":"2026-07-13T18:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041252"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:00:56","slug":"taylor-fritz-breaks-ranks-over-controversial-masters-1000-format-for-one-key-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041252","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Fritz breaks ranks over controversial Masters 1000 format for one key reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Taylor Fritz breaks ranks over controversial Masters 1000 format for one key reason<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/richie-mills\" class=\"text-sm font-normal 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!text-content\">\n                                Taylor Fritz puts his head in his hands at Wimbledon                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Fritz has gone against the grain and pointed out a positive side of the extended Masters 1000 tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, virtually every Masters event, bar Monte Carlo, has stretched into a second week, with some not that much shorter than a two-week long Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>While that has generally led to an increase in prize money for players, an already overstuffed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\">ATP Tour<\/a> calendar continues to get longer, meaning a reduced off-season.<\/p>\n<p>As the sport gets increasingly more physical \u2013 as injuries crop up left, right, and centre \u2013 players should be getting more time off and not less. The likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> and Stefanos Tsitsipas have come out against these lengthier tournaments, with the latter describing it as \u201cinhumane\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/taylor-fritz\">Fritz<\/a> tries to manage his knee tendonitis, he believes that having a day off between matches will allow him to recover better and manage his load.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More ATP Tour News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-hell-tennis-alex-corretja\">\u2018Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s injury is hell for tennis \u2013 we\u2019ve lost some of our magic\u2019<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-hell-tennis-alex-corretja\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/will-jannik-sinner-chase-9-from-9-atp-masters-1000-titles-record-2026\">Jannik Sinner schedule: Wimbledon champion gives update on aiming to win 9 out of 9 ATP Masters 1000 titles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The American has been struggling with this issue for much of the season and just when it looked like those issues were ebbing away after a successful grass campaign, it reared its ugly head in his Wimbledon quarter-final loss to Zverev.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the injury, he said after that defeat, \u201cR<span>est isn\u2019t the way to fix knee tendonitis. <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 6:32\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"391570\" data-end=\"396710\">It\u2019s not loading it to a certain extent, which<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 6:37\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"396710\" data-end=\"401930\">obviously is going to be time away from playing<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 6:42\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"401930\" data-end=\"408070\">really physical like tennis matches. That helps, but it\u2019s not<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 6:48\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"408070\" data-end=\"411450\">like when I\u2019m home and not playing tournaments.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 6:52\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"411630\" data-end=\"412250\">I\u2019m resting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 6:53\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"412510\" data-end=\"415830\">\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of strengthening and you want to push it and there\u2019s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 6:56\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"415830\" data-end=\"421650\">a certain amount of pain that\u2019s acceptable when you\u2019re trying<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 7:02\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"421650\" data-end=\"423890\">to strengthen and regrow the tendon.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 7:04\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"424050\" data-end=\"425070\">And that\u2019s what I\u2019ve done.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 7:05\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"425130\" data-end=\"429730\">\u201cAnd that\u2019s what all my scans since November have shown is<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 7:10\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"429730\" data-end=\"433430\">is that I am regrowing and strengthening the tendon and there<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 7:13\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"433430\" data-end=\"436250\">was, you know, in November, there was just a hole, there was a<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 7:16\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"436250\" data-end=\"436670\">hole there.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following the conclusion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a>, Fritz has the option to play events such as the 500 event in Washington and the Masters 1000 tournaments in Canada in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old did say, however, he won\u2019t be playing the week before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> at the end of August, which rules out the warm-up event at <span><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Winston-Salem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When asked about his schedule, Fritz told reporters, \u201cI mean, we\u2019ll see. I <span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 8:40\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"520110\" data-end=\"523270\">think the positive thing about playing in Canada<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 8:43\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"523270\" data-end=\"526050\">and Cincinnati is just the days off in between matches. T<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 8:46\">hat\u2019s going to<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 8:50\">help a lot and obviously I won\u2019t play the week before the [US]<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 8:55\">Open.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 8:55\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"535250\" data-end=\"537050\">\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve been doing in the past.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 8:57\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"537230\" data-end=\"540450\">So going into the [US] Open, it should be similar to<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:00\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"540450\" data-end=\"541950\">how I felt going into here. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:02\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"542030\" data-end=\"545130\">I need to get a scan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:05\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"545130\" data-end=\"548010\">\u00a0I have so many different scans<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:08\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"548010\" data-end=\"551770\">I can compare and each one has looked better than the last.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:12\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"552430\" data-end=\"558010\">So, kind of just see where we\u2019re at.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:18\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"558110\" data-end=\"561490\">\u00a0I think if we were on the calendar<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:21\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"561490\" data-end=\"564290\">schedule that we were on last year, then [Washington] DC would be kind<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:24\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"564290\" data-end=\"565290\">of out of the question for me.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:25\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"565430\" data-end=\"569410\">\u201cBut this year it\u2019s like a week backed up,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span> s<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:30\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"569590\" data-end=\"574690\">o there will be plenty of time for me to rest<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:35\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"574690\" data-end=\"578270\">it, get back on my rehab programme and just kind of see how<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 9:38\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"578270\" data-end=\"578750\">it feels.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT ELSE? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/former-world-no-1-jannik-sinner-beating-opponents-carlos-alcaraz-way\">Wimbledon: The Carlos Alcaraz weapon Jannik Sinner has quietly made his own<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Fritz breaks ranks over controversial Masters 1000 format for one key reason Richie Mills 13 Jul 2026 7:00 PM Taylor Fritz puts his head in his hands at Wimbledon Taylor Fritz has gone against the grain and pointed out a positive side of the extended Masters 1000 tournaments. 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