BEIJING — Coco Gauff called Tuesday for shorter tennis seasons and said it was “impossible” to play more than she already does, after Iga Swiatek also hit out at the number of tournaments.

They were speaking at the China Open, where five players retired injured from matches on Monday.

“With more and more events being two weeks it just doesn’t really make sense to strain your body,” the American Gauff said after emerging unscathed to reach the quarter-finals.

“I would like to see in my lifetime on tour that a solution be made to make the season shorter,” the 21-year-old world number three added.

Gauff, the defending China Open champion and two-time major winner, weighed in after top seed Swiatek said on Monday she may skip mandatory tournaments to protect her health.

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