{"id":14291,"date":"2026-11-10T15:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/we-pay-the-price-nadal-criticizes-hard-court-dominance-tour-calendar\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:45:54","slug":"we-pay-the-price-nadal-criticizes-hard-court-dominance-tour-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/we-pay-the-price-nadal-criticizes-hard-court-dominance-tour-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We Pay The Price&#8221; &#8211;Nadal Criticizes Hard Court Dominance, Tour Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free from the constraints of active competition, Rafael Nadal is taking aim at the modern tennis calendar and calling for radical structural reform.<\/p>\n<p>The former World No. 1, who called time on his career in 2024, believes the current 52-week rolling ranking system places undue pressure on players to compete through injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/flamingos-world-cup-triumph-highlights-nigerias-wealth-of-football-talents-akuneto\/\">Flamingos\u2019 World Cup Triumph Highlights Nigeria\u2019s Wealth Of Football Talents \u2013 Akuneto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead, he is advocating for a two-year rolling window, a change he argues would grant athletes better schedule flexibility and adequate recovery time.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=cnwBbsPYdVC4DS57olzJ3TvDPAYG_E4KttHMAm_gd70-1794324793-1.0.1.1-cA4cVj4bQJWrf8Cfh1FE_OwYjoOStsGlSfbm_o1B.38\">Associated Press<\/a>, Nadal also described the ATP\u2019s move to expand seven Masters 1000 events into 12-day marathons as a \u201cmistake,\u201d pointing out that the relentless schedule combined with hard-court dominance takes a massive physical toll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was difficult for me to fight for that when I was on the tour,\u201d Nadal admitted regarding the dominance of hard courts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2027q-tanzania-storm-uyo-for-super-eagles-showdown\/\">AFCON 2027Q: Tanzania Storm Uyo For Super Eagles Showdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now I can say: I don\u2019t see a lot of professional sports playing on that kind of surfaces. That\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn tennis, we\u2019re playing most of the time on a surface that is very aggressive for the body and the joints,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd then we pay the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free from the constraints of active competition, Rafael Nadal is taking aim at the modern tennis calendar and calling for radical structural reform. The former World No. 1, who called&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}