Yevgeny Kafelnikov didn't look like impressed with Tim Henman's "irrelevant tennis" take as the previous Russian two-time Grand Slam champion suggests the one irrelevant factor within the calendar are "exhibitions" that pay main cash.
As regular, when the tennis season is coming to an finish gamers begin to extra overtly converse out in opposition to the schedule. Usually, the identical issues are being stated as gamers consider it’s "too demanding" – they "should not have time to relaxation" – and a few of them additionally blame the schedule for frequent accidents which are occurring throughout the ATP and WTA Tour.
On Sky Sports activities, former six-time Grand Slam semifinalist advised that there are intervals of the 12 months when "irrelevant tennis" is being performed.
"For me, there may be an excessive amount of irrelavant tennis at time within the calendar. Traditionally on the ATP Tour there have been 12 tournaments in 4 weeks in February and what does that imply when you could have Jannik Sinner right here, Carlos Alcaraz there, Alexander Zverev right here and Novak Djokovic there?" Henman acknowledged on Sky Sports activities.
Kafelnikov: You imply there are too many irrelevant exhibition tournaments with some huge cash?
Reacting to Henman's feedback, former world No. 1 Kafelnikov wrote on X: "You imply, 'There may be an excessive amount of irrelevant exhibition tennis tournaments with lot of cash, which has a detrimental have an effect on on calendar."
You imply "there may be an excessive amount of irrelevant exhibition tennis tournaments with lot of cash,which has detrimental have an effect on on calendar",Tim?? https://t.co/cG1VS2wm0W
— Kafelnikov Yevgeny (@KYevgeni) November 23, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz is among the loudest critics of the ATP calendar. And when the world No. 1 went to Saudi Arabia for a star-studded Six Kings Slam exhibition, the Spaniard acquired criticism and backlash. Nevertheless, the six-time Grand Slam champion defended his resolution by stating that it was a totally totally different in comparison with the Tour and way more much less demanding.
