Rafael Nadal & Andy Roddick query tour length
- Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 3:36
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Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick question the length of the ATP season and suggest that tennis players need a proper off-season.World number two Nadal and world number six Roddick are currently in China for the Shanghai Masters. “It’s impossible to play 1 January and finish 5 December,” said Nadal. American Roddick said: “It’s ridiculous that you have a professional sport that doesn’t have a legitimate off-season to rest, get healthy, and then train.” The 27-year-old added: “I just feel sooner or later that common sense has to prevail.”
The top players on the men’s tour are required to play in eight of the nine Master Series events, with Monte Carlo the exception. And the top eight players of the year are required to play an extra week by qualifying for next month’s season-ending tournament in London. Roddick said merging the players’ union and tournament operation under the ATP umbrella, which took place in 1990, has not benefited players as expected. “I certainly don’t see any other sporting leagues or federations following our lead as far as not being individually represented,” Roddick said. Nadal, who did not defend his Wimbledon title this year because of a knee injury, added: “It’s impossible… being all the time 100% without problems.”
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Will Nadal ever get back to number 1, will he be able to stay healthy?
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