Tennis Grand Slam format and player-power dispute escalates

Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev have reinforced the leading players’ defense of five-set Grand Slam matches as essential to the majors’ identity, while arguing that calendar congestion and workload are the real problems. Player-council discussions, Novak Djokovic’s alternative proposal and John McEnroe’s possible-boycott idea keep scheduling, governance and revenue-sharing tensions active.