"We need to encourage the tournaments to keep growing" - Nadal on latest ATP Masters reforms

Rafael Nadal welcomed the proposed reforms to the ATP Masters 1000 events, to create more high-profile match-ups between the world’s top players across the season.

From 2023, the ATP Tour calendar will allow the Masters 1000s in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai to become 12-day events alongside Indian Wells and Miami. It is also being reported that events in Canada and Cincinnati are set to follow in 2025.

Speaking to ATP chair Guadenzi, Nadal said:

"The Masters 1000s are huge events. Sometimes from my personal perspective it is Grand Slams and the rest of the tournaments much lower, so I think our goal from being the ATP is to put our tournaments closer and closer to the Slams in terms of promotion and importance. We need to encourage the tournaments to keep growing.”

He added:

“I think we lose a lot of energy fighting between each other; tournaments are fighting for themselves and players are fighting for ourselves.”

Check out the full talk below.