Daniil Medvedev. (file picture) AFP
DUBAI:
Daniil Medvedev beat Shang Juncheng on Tuesday to achieve the final 16 of the Dubai Open however implored tour organisers to restrict rating factors to solely essentially the most prestigious occasions to cut back participant workload.
Per week after beating the Chinese language world quantity 262 in Doha, Medvedev once more confronted Shang and received 6-1, 6-3 in his opening match within the 500-level occasion within the UAE.
After the victory, Medvedev mentioned he want to see extra obligatory occasions within the calendar, however for rating factors solely to be attributed to Masters-level occasions and Grand Slams so as to persuade gamers to enter much less tournaments.
“I might suppose the gamers would agree, from what I am listening to, to creating… much more obligatory tournaments,” the Eleventh-ranked Russian instructed reporters.
“I might say make 4 Grand Slams, I do not know, 11 Masters, and that is it. The opposite tournaments (500- and 250-level occasions), perhaps make them with out factors or one thing.”
The 2021 US Open winner mentioned that the chase for factors to climb the rankings and attain the ATP Finals — reserved for the highest eight on the planet — causes gamers to extend their workload, typically to the detriment of their our bodies.
“What occurs is final 12 months, Holger (Rune) obtained injured in Stockholm (250 occasion), all people was like, ‘Yeah, however you do not have to play it’. If he desires to be in Turin (for the ATP Finals), he has to, even when it is not a compulsory match,” Medvedev mentioned.
“Final 12 months, I performed in seven tournaments in a row. Did I’ve to? No. I performed unhealthy at first of the 12 months, perhaps I can get 100 factors right here, 200 factors right here, be greater seeded subsequent 12 months.
“If there could be no factors there, a minimum of it’s a neater choice. However it’s not going to occur.”
Medvedev will subsequent meet a fellow former Grand Slam champion when he faces 40-year-old Stanislas Wawrinka within the spherical of 16.
Elsewhere in Dubai, second seed Alexander Bublik beat fortunate loser Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-4.
Former world quantity three Stefanos Tsitsipas was eradicated in straight units by Ugo Humbert, whereas Jiri Lehecka received 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in opposition to Luca Nardi.
Rising star Jakub Mensik downed Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 7-6 (9/7) to progress to the spherical of 16.
