There ATP has been facing a big problem for several months, since there are already several tennis players who they are complaining of change of balls each tournament, what cause serious injuries among players and wrists, shoulders And elbows.

Balls are a recurring topic of discussion in tennis and, in recent months, several players have complained about the injuries they suffer from changing balls at each tournament, which is why they are making an urgent appeal to the ATP to everyone can play with it. the same ball.

On this occasion, the player who complained and raised his voice was Zizou Bergs, world number 181, who opened Pandora’s box with a message on social networks, immediately supported by personalities like Stan Wawrinka and Taylor Fritz .

“We could significantly reduce the injuries that occur if we didn’t change the ball every week,” he noted.

Players like Carreño, Brooksby, Harris, Tabilo and Korda have been out for months due to similar issues, with a tendency for balls to become heavier and heavier, damaging joints.

Tylor Fritz and StanWawrinka consider constant ball changes between tournaments unacceptable

Stan Wawrinka agree with the reflection of Zizou Bergs, and Taylor Fritz went further, believe the two tennis players unacceptable he ball change at each tournament, since the North American warned that he suffered from pain in his wrists and that in recent weeks he had competed with three different balls.

“I’ve had wrist issues since the start of the USO series due to ball changes. We used 3 different balls in 3 weeks,” Fritz said.

Another player who has complained throughout this year is Danill Medvedev who, during the Australian Open, injured his wrist and concluded it was because of a ball change.

“We played with the same balls at the Australian Open and I had a really bad feeling with them. I injured my wrist before playing against Korda. “I thought it was my problem, but “I’ve talked to other players and there are more elbow, wrist and shoulder injuries…I think the balls are to blame.”

Why do they change the ball at every tennis tournament?

It is very common for everyone tournament of tennis have yours ball. The best example is that of the four Grand Slams. The US Open and Roland Garros have Wilson as supplier balls, while Wimbledon uses Slazenger brand balls and the Australian Open uses Dunlop balls.

Although all models must meet the parameters set by the International Federation, each model is different in terms of bounce, feel and resistance. derived from the fact that each sponsor manufactures its ball.

If this happens with the main tournaments on the circuit, imagine what it will look like in the rest of the events.

Another reason the ball changes every tournament is because the WTA and ATP are looking to slow down the game, as Canadian Vasek Pospisil made clear some time ago.

“A few years ago there were discussions because the ATP and WTA wanted to ‘slow down the game’ to get more points for the fans. The balls got heavier and heavier and, surprise, they are killing our bodies,” Pospisil said.

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