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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
There's not enough clay events IMO. There are 9 Masters 1000 events and only 3 are on clay and only one out of the 4 Grand Slams are on clay. There is way too much hard court, take away some of those events and add more grass. Would also help players knees.
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There are already more than 20 clay tournaments available to play on the calendar throughout the season. How many more are needed?
Watching the same clay rats go at it for 6-8 weeks straight is just beyond monotonous and this is why there are only three masters 100 events. I'm pretty hardcore and by the time Rome comes around I've completely lost interest every season. Combine that with the fact the French Open killed the entire event this year with that joke of a Nadal draw and you've got a completely flaccid major on hand.
Best case is that you kill two weeks of the clay season and add on to the grass circuit. At least you've at least got yourself more balance to the schedule and a change of pace from the non-stop slog fest that is every May/June.