Alexander Zverev believes he has a fix to address Carlos Alcaraz’s complaints about the brutal nature of the ATP Tour. Alcaraz has had an injury-ridden year on tour and has hinted at playing a limited schedule in the future. Alcaraz has even gone as far as calling out the ATP after Jannik Sinner’s season was cut short by injuries. Zverev has benefitted from Alcaraz and Sinner’s disrupted year, with the German having won two Grand Slam titles this season.

But Zverev also recognises the issue and has urged the decision-makers to implement a change. Speaking at the Vienna Open, he said: “I think the solution is relatively simple. I’ve said it several times: We should shorten the season by two or three weeks to give our bodies more time to rest and recover.

On top of that, he’ll also play in the Six Kings Slam between December 27th and 30th, following the postponement of the Saudi Arabian tournament in October. As such, it means Zverev will only have 27 days off before he is set to return to court at the 2027 Brisbane International.

It comes after Alcaraz had previously remarked: “One of the reasons we had to see the players who are getting injured, they [ATP officials] are pushing us too much out of the line sometimes to play a lot of tournaments, to play a lot of matches.