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Carlos Alcaraz has received a response from ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi over his claim that tennis bosses will end up ‘killing’ stars with an ever-expanding calendar.

Alcaraz is one of the players unhappy with the number of matches they are being asked to compete in.

And Guadenzi seems to have some sympathy.

“We have expanded the Masters 1000 and in the 96-draw Masters there is theoretically one more match only if you reach the final,” he told SportFace. “I agree with the players when they say that the off-season is too short and the Davis Cup also has an impact on this.

“With the new format many players play in November, once only those from the teams that reached the final, the others went on vacation. Now you don’t have enough time to rest, rebuild your body and start playing tennis again.”