{"id":155951,"date":"2025-09-19T23:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155951\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:59:19","slug":"patrick-mouratoglou-calls-for-a-change-in-the-tennis-schedule-this-is-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155951\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mouratoglou calls for a change in the tennis schedule, &#8216;this is too much&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the conclusion of the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open, the ATP season has approached its latter stages. <\/p>\n<p>The Asian swing, already up and running, features two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP<\/a> 500 tournaments in Tokyo and Beijing, before its sole Masters 1000 event in Shanghai. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the indoor hard-court season gets underway, with plenty of points up for grabs across Europe, most of which are available at the Paris Masters in late October. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a busy time in the tennis year for stars, but in the eyes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/serena-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serena Williams<\/a>\u2018 former coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Patrick-Mouratoglou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Mouratoglou<\/a>, there is a more problematic section of the calendar.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2198214633-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The ATP TOUR logo inscription in the net of the tennis court.\" class=\"wp-image-130844\" \/>Photo by Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesPatrick Mouratoglou suggests a change in the tennis schedule <\/p>\n<p>When asked if the Autumn to Winter season in tennis is \u2018too heavy\u2019, Mouratoglou responded in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/patrickmouratoglou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>: \u201cFalse. I think that the calendar that is too heavy is between May and the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree Grand Slams and so many Masters 1000 in such a short period of time. I think this is too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would rather have them more spread out in the season. I think it would be better for the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman also batted away claims that the season post-US Open is \u2018boring\u2019, stating: \u201cOf course it is always more exciting when there is a Grand Slam because they are the biggest events in tennis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2219628481-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Mouratoglou watches on at the 2025 French Open\" class=\"wp-image-129638\" \/>Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think there are a lot of really cool tournaments after the US Open until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo name a few, there are Masters 1000s, the grand [ATP] Finals at the end of the season, and two UTS events that are extremely exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there are great tournaments for fans, even though there are no Grand Slams\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Mouratoglou says the Laver Cup is not an \u2018exhibition\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Another event on the calendar after the US Open is the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Laver-Cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laver Cup<\/a>, pitting Team World against Team Europe in tennis\u2019 version of the Ryder Cup in golf.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans claim the event is more of an \u2018exhibition\u2019 instead of a competition, which Mouratoglou disagrees with. <\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe Laver Cup is a competition, [in the same way that] UTS is a competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust about the Laver Cup, the players are fully committed and play full. UTS, players are playing full, and it\u2019s prize money-based.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who label them exhibitions are just trying to diminish them,\u201d concluded the 55-year-old. <\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the conclusion of the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6733,49,48,14096,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-155951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-patrick-mouratoglou","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}