American Tennis Star Taylor Fritz Justifies His Controversial Stance That Divides the ATP Tour

American tennis star, Taylor Fritz, has had a mixed 2023 season. Although he has been the top-ranked ATP player from his country, Fritz has failed to dig deep in big tournaments. His best performance at Grand Slams this year has been a quarterfinal finish at the US Open. Further, he has been in much news of late with his controversial remark on the tour. As a result, Fritz issued a clarification about his statement.

The world ‘Premium Tour’ has been trending in the tennis world lately. Many tennis pundits have called for the separation of the ATP Tour to manage players’ workload. Let’s find out what Fritz said about this concept.

Taylor Fritz explains his Premium Tour stance

In an interview a few days back, Fritz supported the idea of the Premium Tour. It is a concept for top players consisting of Grand Slams, Masters 1000s & ATP Finals. Top players can play in these tournaments while skipping other smaller tournaments. Fritz’s support of this idea didn’t go down well with fans after which he issued a clarification.

He took to his official Twitter handle and said, “Always need a follow up explanation for the people that can’t read… when I say separate or premium tour I am NOT saying only top players, as I said in the quote the “main top tour” should be made up of the top 100-120 players kind of like how top 125 in PGA get a tour card and at the end of the year some people go down and some people come up into main tour.”

Further, he went on to add, “Now I don’t think it will ever happen but I’m asked in an interview so I give my honest opinion, I just think it would make the sport easier to follow from a fan perspective.”

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It might be a big revolution in tennis if the proposed idea comes into play. The new concept will completely change the face of tennis, both from the players’ perspective as well as the fans’ perspective. As a result, Fritz welcomed this idea with open arms.

Fritz likes the idea of the Premium Tour

Shortly after murmurs of the new concept in tennis gained momentum, it caught the attention of top American star, Fritz. In an interview, Fritz was asked about his thoughts on this revolution in tennis. Fritz seemed quite positive about the Premium Tour.

Talking about this, he said, “It’s a really good idea, and I think that we should have separate tours. If you’re on the main, top tour, you should be set to play all the big events, and they should all be slightly bigger-draw events to get basically everybody in the top 100 in, and I think that’s honestly all we should play.”

As of now, it is unclear whether this new idea would be considered by the ATP. It is still in the concept phase and would require further study if it has to be implemented. Do you think it is a good idea to separate the tour? Let us know your views in the comments below.

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