{"id":184265,"date":"2025-10-08T01:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/184265\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T01:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:10:15","slug":"andy-roddick-hits-out-at-the-tennis-schedule-again-after-shanghai-withdrawals-its-getting-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/184265\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick hits out at the tennis schedule again after Shanghai withdrawals, ‘it\u2019s getting worse’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Shanghai Masters event has been hit with mass withdrawals.<\/p>\n

World number one Carlos Alcaraz has skipped the Shanghai Masters<\/a>, instead choosing to recover from an ankle injury he picked up in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Several other big names withdrew, including Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>, Grigor Dimitrov, Joao Fonseca, and Arthur Fils.<\/p>\n

\"StefanosPhoto by Elsa\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Competing in the sweltering Shanghai conditions, Jannik Sinner retired during his third-round match<\/a>, as the event lost another major star.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the latest developments at the Shanghai Masters<\/a>, tennis legend Andy Roddick has weighed in with his thoughts.<\/p>\n

Andy Roddick says the tennis schedule \u2018sucks\u2019 as Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz withdraw<\/p>\n

During the latest episode of \u2018Served with Andy Roddick\u2019 the American commented on the busy tennis schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Jannik] Sinner and [Carlos] Alcaraz were paying the bill for the scheduling. It\u2019s impossible to be physically and mentally perfect week in and week out,\u201d said Roddick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose guys can generally win when they are not. Something has got to give. This schedule continues to suck, it has sucked. It is only getting worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho pays the bill? The fans a lot of the time. The players do for sure. But you have to have a trade off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roddick then took the time to respond to fans who criticized Alcaraz<\/a> and Sinner for withdrawing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people are mad that Alcaraz is not playing and Sinner withdrew. It\u2019s not on them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t do it all the time from January 1st through to the end of November for years in a row.<\/p>\n

\"AndyPhoto by Miikka Skaffari\/Getty Images for Laver Cup<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just can\u2019t do it. It\u2019s too much of an ask. Something has got to give and it\u2019s given this week in Shanghai, no Alcaraz or Sinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Sinner and Alcaraz both out of the competition, their ATP<\/a> rivals have a golden opportunity to pick up a Masters 1000 title and make a big jump up the rankings\u2026<\/p>\n

Who can take advantage of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s Shanghai withdrawals?<\/p>\n

12 players remain alive in the Shanghai Masters draw, all of whom will be hoping to lift the trophy on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

PlayerATP RankAgePrevious best Masters 1000 resultNext opponentNovak Djokovic538Champion X 40QF vs Zizou BergsAlex de Minaur726F \u2013 2023 Canadian Open4R vs Nuno BorgesLorenzo Musetti923F \u2013 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters4R vs Felix Auger-AliassimeHolger Rune1122W \u2013 2022 Paris MastersQF vs Valentin VacherotFelix Auger-Aliassime1325F \u2013 2024 Madrid Open4R vs Lorenzo MusettiDaniil Medvedev1829Champion X 64R vs Learner TienJiri Lehecka1923SF \u2013 2024 Madrid Open4R vs Arthur RinderknechLearner Tien36194R \u2013 2025 Canadian Open4R vs Daniil MedvedevZizou Bergs44263R \u2013 2025 Miami OpenQF vs Novak DjokovicNuno Borges51284R \u2013 2024 Italian Open4R vs Alex de MinaurArthur Rinderknech54303R \u2013 2024 Canadian Open\/2024 Paris Masters\/2025 Cincinnati Open4R vs Jiri LeheckaValentin Vacherot204262R \u2013 2025 Monte-Carlo MastersQF vs Holger Rune2025 Shanghai Masters participants<\/p>\n

Serbia\u2019s Novak Djokovic<\/a> is undoubtedly the favorite to pick up the title, having enjoyed plenty of Masters 1000 success throughout his career.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by Ian Johnson\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

No player in tennis history has won more Masters 1000 titles than the 38-year-old and he would surely love to add a record-extending 41st trophy to his collection at the 2025 Shanghai Masters.<\/p>\n

Most successful players at Masters 1000s1. Novak Djokovic \u2013 402. Rafael Nadal \u2013 363. Roger Federer \u2013 284. Andre Agassi \u2013 175. Andy Murray \u2013 146. Pete Sampras \u2013 11T-7. Carlos Alcaraz \u2013 8T-7. Thomas Muster \u2013 8T-9. Alexander Zverev \u2013 7T-9. Michael Chang \u2013 7<\/p>\n

He won\u2019t have it easy though, as Djokovic must battle past several younger opponents in the brutal conditions.<\/p>\n

Zizou Bergs and Holger Rune\/Valentin Vacherot stand between Djokovic and a place in the final.<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if Djokovic can win the title in Shanghai, but you certainly won\u2019t want to miss any of the action.<\/p>\n

Djokovic will return to play Bergs in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, October 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The Shanghai Masters event has been hit with mass withdrawals. World number one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[10372,1308,31742,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-184265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-andy-roddick","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-shanghai-masters","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}