At the same time, when I played Fed Cup in Prague, it was such a political statement and such a magical time to be there to be doing that, so that had a different context," said Navratilova.
Navratilova concluded by acknowledging the complex scheduling conflict between top-tier professionals and lower-ranked athletes on the tour.
"But overall, I think every two years, but the calendar has so much on it already. You know, we didn't have that many tournaments.
It was Davis Cup and like Wimbledon, the US Open, maybe you play the French or maybe you make the trip to Australia by boat or not!
So it's just the calendar is so packed now, it's really hard to find a great format for the players.
For the players it's best to play just one week and you're done with it.
For the top players, but the rest of the players, most of the field, not the top 20 but the rest of them, they want to play more and have it mean something.
So trying to find a meaningful way of doing it, I don't know what the best way is, but every other year is a good idea.
Ryder Cup works pretty well that way," said Navratilova.
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Navratilova is not alone in her assessment of modern equipment, as legendary tennis coach Toni Nadal previously proposed smaller rackets to counter gameplay that boils down to hitting as hard as possible.
