Controversial Criticism of Federer and Nadal by Argentine Tennis Player Marco Trungelliti

Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, at the 2022 Laver Cup (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are almost universally admired worldwide. The achievements of both in tennis and the values ​​that they have transmitted both on and off the courts have made it very difficult to find someone who can fault them. Quite the opposite: virtues rule. Which does not mean that the affection for both legends is unanimous, as has now been demonstrated within the men’s circuit itself in which they arouse so much veneration.

It was the Argentine tennis player Marco Trungelliti, number 236 in the world, who has openly criticized both Federer and Nadal. He did it in an interview for La Nación, in which none of them came out well. Unlike the current ATP leader, Novak Djokovic.

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Federer, Nadal y Djokovic (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo)

“How important is it for the most unprotected players that Djokovic usually talks about the imbalance of the system?” Trungelliti is asked in his country’s newspaper, who in his previous answers believes that “the system works poorly and there are matches that are fixed (fixing) and that they will continue to be fixed until things do not change.” His response is surprising because of the harshness he uses in relation to the Swiss player, above all, and the Spanish player.

“It seems indispensable to me. People may like it or not, but Federer and Nadal never said anything. Whether they like it or not, they are complicit in how bad the system is, because they were not able to open their mouths even once and fight for the rights of the players. If they ever did it it was internally, but it didn’t change anything. Only this year the Challengers prizes were changed a little, but they are still embarrassing, when we supposedly came out of the most golden era in the history of tennis. You cannot be complicit in the fact that 80-100 people live in tennis. It’s what always screwed me up and will continue to screw me up. As players they can be very good, but as humans trying to improve the system in general, they seem very poor to me. This is what Djokovic and (Vasek) Pospisil are doing today as well. In addition, all that work in the PTPA (a new players’ union) takes time and energy from them,” considers the one from Santiago del Estero.

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On the other hand, Djokovic deserves all of Trungelliti’s respect: “I ran into him at the US Open and thanked him for what he is doing for the players.” Federer again takes a stick on his side shortly after. “That a crazy man who was among the 30 in the world is in charge of thinking things (he says this through Pospisil) is much more respectable than what Federer does, who left tennis and only returned with the Laver Cup,” he asserts.

“I would say that this is an almost feudal system, from 200 years ago, with 2% living as rich people and the rest dying; this is the same. Because the player who is outside number 100 cannot live. And in doubles you have to be 60. They ignore you all the time, like you don’t exist unless you are 80 in the world. The one that hurts me the most, clearly, is Federer. Because with the weight and charisma that he has, if he really wanted to change things, they would be changed,” Trungelliti also laments.

Argentine tennis player Marco Trungelliti (Getty)

At 33 years old, Marco Trungelliti has been a professional since 2008. His best ranking position was 112, in 2019, and the most important victory of his career came at Roland Garros 2016, where he eliminated Marin Cilic, then ranked tenth, in first place. round. He has entered the final draw of Grand Slam tournaments nine times, with the second round as the ceiling. He highlights his record in Challenger category competitions: 182 wins and 159 losses. Of course, with a 2-8 in finals.

2023-10-10 16:53:24
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