For the Tour? The last Slam ends, Davis Cup and Laver Cup pull players in different directions, and suddenly everyone is heading to Asia. The travel is long, the calendar is compressed, the heat and humidity are different, and players are adjusting to new food, accommodations, and, in some cases, a new surface.
That’s the game during the Asia swing: figuring out who’s actually acclimated. There isn’t much to learn from the early results beyond that.
We got locked in too early last year, fell behind the trends as they emerged, and deliberately changed our approach this time.
Plays coming tonight.
What do you think is the reason behind the nightmare stretch