Tennis has always been a sport of precision—on the court and, occasionally, off it. But as the 2025 season reaches its climax, the focus has shifted from rackets and rallies to schedules and frustrations. From Grand Slams to Masters events, 2025 has already seen its fair share of withdrawals and last-minute changes. Talking about the hectic schedule, Carlos Alcaraz said, “I think that the schedule is really tight. They have to do something with the schedule. I think there are too many mandatory tournaments, too many in a row.” Then, recently, after witnessing Holger Rune’s horrifying injury at the Nordic Open, his mom, Aneke Rune, labeled tennis as a “relentless treadmill.”
She claimed that there have simply been too many mandatory tournaments. Speaking on a sim