Rise of the 'mini-slams' cranks up demands on tired tennis players | Tumaini Carayol

The extension of some Masters tournaments on the ATP and WTA tours to two weeks has sparked a mixed reaction Hours after successfully completing her first match in Madrid this year, Daria Kasatkina, the highest-ranked women's player from Russia, stood in the corridors of La Caja Mágica as she described how she was managing the mental fatigue that had built after years of being a hamster in the ever-revolving wheel of professional tennis. A more topical question followed: she was asked how big t...