Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer ‘are complicit in how bad the system is’ claims ATP player
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have been heavily criticized by ATP player Marco Tunghetti, who claims they “never say anything” about wider issues in tennis.
Turanghetti spoke to La Nación newspaper about the prize money on the ATP Challenger Tour, which is at a lower level than the major men’s professional tennis tours.
The Argentine player praised Novak Djokovic while praising Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer when speaking on the subject. People may not like it, but Federer and Nadal said nothing. Like it or not, they are complicit in what is wrong with this system because they have never been able to speak up and fight for players’ rights.
“Even if they did it, it was internal, but nothing changed.” Just this year, the Challengers’ price changed a bit, but we probably won They are still embarrassed when they come from. This is the most golden era in the history of tennis. ”
Issue 236 says, “I can’t buy into the fact that 80 to 100 people make a living playing tennis. It’s something that has always bothered me and will continue to bother me.” Yeah. They may be very good as players, but as people trying to improve the whole system, they seem very bad to me. That’s why Djokovic and (Vacek) Pospisil are doing so well today. And that’s what we’re doing. Plus, all the work on PTPA takes time and effort.”
Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were all members of the ATP Players Council, a select group of players who will serve as spokespersons for the remainder of the tour.
However, Djokovic, who has won 24 major tournaments, resigned from the council in 2019 and founded his own organization called PTPA (Professional Tennis Players Association).
Together with Canadian Vasek Pospisil, the Serb founded the PTPA, an association of male and female tennis players representing the top 500 singles players and the top 200 doubles players in the ATP and WTA rankings. did.
ATP Challenger Tour prize money has actually improved over the past year, increasing by 60% from $13.2 million to $21.1 million starting in September 2022.
This is not the first time Turnghetti has spoken out about broader issues in tennis, revealing in 2015 that three of his fellow Argentine players were sanctioned after being approached by match-fixers. (Federico Coria, Nicolas Nicker) and Patricio Herras).
Turanghetti, who returned to his home country for the first time in five years to take part in the ATP Challenger tournament in Buenos Aires, revealed that he is concerned about his safety since the match-fixing scandal broke.
“I did not return home and was only playing in Europe, but absolute safety could not be guaranteed,” Turanghetti said. “Perhaps because in Andorra everything is small. But even in Europe there were places I didn’t visit. I played in Spain and Italy all. I’ve only been to Banja Luka once. That’s it.”
The 33-year-old continued. “Something related to depression happened to me. When the tournament ended, I wanted to go home as soon as possible because it was the only place I felt safe. ”p>
“Today we went back to the countryside [Argentina] because we want our son to also see his grandparents and grandmother.” After that, he might play here and feel sick and not want to go back But that’s another matter. ”
Trunghetti won his first qualifying match and is looking to get off to a good start back in his native capital and seal his spot against Gastao Elias later today.
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