Tennis players: The season is too long, we're exhausted, we can't possibly play all these different tournaments.
Also tennis players: We're going on a two-week exhibition tour during the off-season!
Surprised the Diryah Cup isnt this week too frankly. Then you'd see the true colours.
More than anything, this is a shocking indictment of the state of the Davis Cup.
It is a broken competition.
Rafa Nadal knows it. Casper Ruud knows it. Even Gerard Pique probably knows it.
We need to think differently about the "World Cup of tennis"
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