ATP plans ranking overhaul and $50m bonus pool to ease player burnout
The ATP proposed counting all Masters 1000 results in the rankings and raising player bonuses from 2028, saying the current system pushes players to overplay.
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The ATP proposed counting all Masters 1000 results in the rankings and raising player bonuses from 2028, saying the current system pushes players to overplay.
Alexander Zverev beat Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals, while Iga Swiatek won her 150th WTA 1000 match in Wuhan.
World number 39 Zizou Bergs beat second seed Carlos Alcaraz 7-5, 7-6 in Shanghai, a result that means Alexander Zverev will finish the year as world number one.
Novak Djokovic, 39, returns at the China Open in Beijing against Nuno Borges, after back and shoulder problems ended his US Open in the first round.