The mid-season World Cup in Qatar last year led to players from Europe's top five leagues spending an average of eight days longer on the sidelines due to injury in the months after the tournament, a study has revealed.
Footballers need to protest this quickly before it reaches a similar boiling point as tennis. Players are protesting now, and Sinner recently abandoned a tournament after a 2:30 AM finish with his next game scheduled about half a day later. But it doesn’t look like the ATP is going to budge.
More number of games in a calender year leads to more injuries. Suprise.
Footballers need to protest this quickly before it reaches a similar boiling point as tennis. Players are protesting now, and Sinner recently abandoned a tournament after a 2:30 AM finish with his next game scheduled about half a day later. But it doesn’t look like the ATP is going to budge.