{"id":503461,"date":"2026-02-25T16:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503461\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:09:09","slug":"medvedevs-solution-to-streamlining-schedule-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503461\/","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev\u2019s Solution to Streamlining Schedule \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, February 25, 2026<br \/>Photo credit: Shi Tang\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>Daniil Medvedev suggests trimming tournament ranking points to streamline the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media in Dubai, Medvedev said he sees one way to shorten the schedule: make the four Grand Slams and ATP Masters 1000 events mandatory and strip ranking points away from all other ATP 500 and 250-level tournaments.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pro-Player-Gear-610X150-03.jpg\" alt=\"tennis express pro player gear\" class=\"wp-image-54451\"  data-\/>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn general, yeah, I would say make four Grand Slams, I don\u2019t know, 11 Masters, and that\u2019s it,\u201d Medvedev said. \u201cThe other tournaments, maybe make them without points or something. Not like exhibitions, but without points or something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause what happens is last year, like, Holger [Rune] got injured in Stockholm, everybody was like, Yeah, but you don\u2019t have to play it. If he wants to be in Turin, he has to, even if it\u2019s not a mandatory tournament. That is where it is borderline. Players don\u2019t even know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former world No. 1 Medvedev\u2019s suggestion is unlikely to be implemented given the 250 and 500 tournaments pay the ATP licensing fees and would likely not voluntarily want to give up ranking points in return. Also, lower-ranked players who cannot get into the ATP 1000 events can build up their ranking points at the 250 level.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev concedes the ATP won\u2019t buy back licenses of the smaller events and says its unlikely he will see any significant schedule change during his playing days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake it a bit more, like get rid of the other ones. I love them. That\u2019s the only way to make the tour shorter,\u201d Medvedev said. \u201cIt\u2019s never going to happen because there are licenses, and basically ATP won\u2019t have enough money to buy all of them. The other tournaments, they won\u2019t say, Yeah, okay, we\u2019re out, because they would lose the money. It\u2019s business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think right now with how the ATP Tour, it\u2019s never going to change, at least while I\u2019m playing, many other guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third-seeded Medvedev defeated wild card Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3 to set up a Dubai quarterfinal against Jenson Brooksby. Earlier, Brooksby beat seventh-seeded Karen Khachanov 7-6(6), 6-4 in a match that featured just one break point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, February 25, 2026Photo credit: Shi Tang\/Getty Daniil Medvedev suggests trimming tournament ranking points&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-503461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}