ATP wants to make a big move: a new Masters 1000 will be launched in Saudi Arabia from 2028. But while the calendar is controversial, several historic tournaments refuse to give up their spot. In Switzerland, resistance is organizing.
As the ATP continues its calendar overhaul, Vijay Amritraj steps up to the net. The former Indian player denounces a reform that, in his view, jeopardizes the global dimension of tennis.
Exhausted but omnipresent stars, ever-longer tournaments and exhibitions that have become a business in their own right: tennis is revealing its deepest contradictions, torn between spectacle and physical survival.