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ATP season comes under fire again

Associated Press

Monday, October 12, 2009

SHANGHAI -- Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick complained Monday that the ATP season is too long and that tennis players need a proper offseason. Both players, who are in China for the Shanghai Masters, reiterated criticism of the sport's punishing schedule. "It's impossible to play first of January and finish fifth of December," said the 23-year-old Nadal, who did not defend his title at Wimbledon because of a knee injury. "It's impossible to be here playing like what I did the last five years, pl ...

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