Alexander Zverev says cutting Masters events to one week is an obvious workload fix

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] withdrew from ‌the Canadian Open to prioritise his health after ‌retaining his Wimbledon title, while 24-times Grand Slam winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djokovic-novak/AZg49Et9/"]‌Novak Djokovic[/a] also skipped the U.S. Open tune-up to ‌manage his workload.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] missed out due to a wrist injury that has kept him out since April.[/p][p]The withdrawals ‌once again left the tournament without three ⁠of the sport's ‌top names after the trio also missed last year's edition.[/p][p]French ​Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Zverev[/a], who lost his opening match in Montreal, told reporters:[b] "I think that's what ​two-week events do.[/b][/p][p]"Unfortunately, especially if there's a Grand Slam coming after that. If you play everything and you're ⁠a top player, ​you spend seven weeks here in North America.[/p][embed guid="685b9c28-e25d-4ebb-943f-0bb77d6865cf" url="https://x.com/Tiempodetenis1/status/2087652075522105630" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"That is quite a long time and I think that's why a lot of top players choose not to play ‌Canada for multiple years now. That's unfortunately the sad reality of it.[/b][/p][p]"It's quite simple. Make us be here for two weeks, not seven. For the Masters, it's two weeks for both of them. I think that's an easy fix regarding top players playing," added the German, speaking ahead of the Cincinnati Open.[/p][p]Since 2025, seven of the nine ATP Masters 1000 ‌events on the calendar have each been held across ​12 days, with only the Monte-Carlo and Paris ‌Masters still played over a single week.[/p][p]Players have criticised the extended events, but the ATP has said they choose their own schedules and that it is working to create incentives for an ⁠appropriate number of matches ⁠to be played ‌during the season.[/p]