Rafael Nadal says he would not commute to New York whether america Open was once held today


In an interview with the New York Times, Rafael Nadal spoke candidly approximately his feelings on playing in tournaments amidst a global pandemic, and also the civil unrest in america. There’s still time for him to officially make his decision, regarding playing in america Open — whether it’s held — but the Spaniard said that he would not commute to New York today whether the tournament was once going on at this time.

“Polite, isn’t an ideal situation, honestly no,” Nadal reportedly said to journalists in a Zoom call. “Whether you ask me today whether I wish to commute today to New York to play a tennis tournament, I will be able to say no, I will be able to not.

“In a few months, I don’t know the way the situation is going to give a boost to. With a bit of luck, it will give a boost to the correct way, and I’m certain the people who organize the event, the USTA, want a protected event, same like the dressing federation.”

Nadal, who won his fourth US Open title at final year’s event after defeating tournament heel Daniil Medvedev, brings up France because, were it not for the coronavirus pandemic, the end of the dressing Open would be happening at this time, and Nadal would have likely been competing for a 13th title at Roland Garros. The competition has been tentatively rescheduled for late September or early October.

The USA Tennis Organization has approached the likelihood of the tournament’s occurrence with cautious optimism, even going as far as to disclose a potential plan to receive foreign players to New York safely, which included giving those players constitution flights from predesignated airports. For the moment, the tournament is scheduled to go as deliberate in its original late August start date.

“I am self-assured they’ll make the correct decision in the correct moment to ensure whether the tournament is played it’ll be in protected circumstances,” Nadal said. “Whether not, in my opinion, it doesn’t make sense.”

But the disease wasn’t the only object on the brain of Nadal, who returned to Majorca, one of Spain’s Balearic Islands, for a two-month lockdown and has since returned to limited on-court training. Reporters also asked the Spaniard approximately if the protests against police brutality that were sparked by the death of George Floyd by the hands of Minneapolis police. 

“The situation has been very ugly for the final couple of days; when you see all this stuff, it’s awful,” Nadal said. “I in point of fact hope that the country is in a position to keep an eye on all this awful situation that a large number of cities are living and have the ability to come back to a positive life respecting everybody and naturally trying to live with peace. That is the main object.”

Nadal added that the ideal outcome for him is whether the season continued only when each qualified player who wants to take part in these tournaments is in a position to do so. Currently, the ATP is operating under the assumption that sure players is probably not allowed to be in these tournaments because of global commute restrictions made in response to COVID-19.

“We have a worldwide tour,” he said. “We want to be lucid. We want to be responsible. We want to be sending a strong message, and we want to be a positive example for the society. We want to understand we are suffering an unprecedented situation, and my feeling is, we want to come back when all of the players from all of the countries of the world are ready to commute and in protected circumstances.”

Still, the Spanish player said that he’d be willing to forego that principal whether things resumed.


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