"Our job is to protect every player" - Nadal on the ATP Player's Council

| by Drew Tate

Rafael Nadal was asked about the escalating row between the ATP and Wimbledon and he opted not to talk details about it.

The Spaniard is a member of the ATP player's council and amid rumours of Wimbledon being stripped of its ranking points by the ATP, Nadal was asked about it in Rome. He did not seem happy about the answer nor did he look completely comfortable about it. The question was asked in regards to stripping Wimbledon of its points and Nadal said:

"No and I don't have a clear opinion on that, so I prefer to not give you a clear answer. And that's it. There are some private conversations on the council about this kind of stuff, something that honestly I think it's not good to [make] public. The only thing that we can do is to be in touch with Wimbledon and with the rest of the ATP management to do the things that work better to protect every single player in the ATP. At the end that's our job, to protect the players and to work in the benefit of every single player that we are representing. That's all. The rest of the things I am not able to talk about."

Wimbledon set to lose rankings points as ATP takes hardline stance
Wimbledon set to lose rankings points as ATP takes hardline stance

He further added:

"What's going to be fair or more or less fair for everybody - nothing is perfect. When things like this happen, nothing will be perfect because we have to know that not for everybody it will be perfect. My personal opinion I am going to say it and I have already said it in private, but this is about the [ATP] Tour, it's not about my opinion."

The plot thickens and it's unclear how it will end at the moment. Stay tuned as we will have all the latest developments in the case.

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