ATP Tour proposes rule changes designed to reduce overplaying after injuries to Alcaraz and Sinner

With tennis stars like Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner missing long stretches this year due to injury, the ATP Tour is proposing rule changes it says will “reduce the pressure to overplay and help players manage the demands of the season.”Alcaraz sat out 4 ½ months and missed two Grand Slams with a right wrist injury between April and August.The top-ranked Sinner hasn’t played since he won Wimbledon in July and announced last week that he would sit out the rest of the year due to inflammation in his right knee.ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi on Thursday outlined a plan whereby ranking points would be redistributed to award more to players reaching the latter stages of bigger events.A policy that enables players to replace three weaker results from Masters 1000 events each year with better results from 500-level or 250-level events later in the season would be eliminated.“That can create pressure to add tournaments after an early loss to make up the points,” Gaudenzi said. “The proposals