A Wimbledon with out rating factors leaves “a number of gamers disillusioned,” Ons Jabeur says.
The sixth-seeded Jabeur, who was upset by 30-year-old Magda Linette in her Roland Garros opener at the moment, was requested her response to the ATP and WTA stripping Wimbledon of rating factors.
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On Friday, the Excursions introduced they’ve stripped Wimbledon of rating factors in response to the grass-court Grand Slam banning Russian and Belarusian gamers in condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Madrid champion Jabeur mentioned whereas “it is a very troublesome resolution”, “a number of gamers are disillusioned.”
“Truthfully, it is a very troublesome resolution, we have been speaking quite a bit with the WTA, I want they will discover a resolution, however I do not suppose something will change with the no factors,” Jabeur instructed the media in Paris. “Clearly a number of gamers are disillusioned.
“I want we had factors, if I did quarterfinal, for me the primary concern is how are they going to maintain the final, are they going to maintain the final 12 months’s factors, how are they going to switch them, as a result of it isn’t honest if we drop all of the factors with out us defending something, particularly some folks had finals, semifinals.”
Jabeur mentioned the choice will straight influence her calendar: She plans to play extra earlier than Wimbledon to attempt to earn as many rating factors as attainable.
“So it is extremely, very robust resolution and I do not know, truthfully, I am simply going to attempt to seize as many factors as I can within the grass season within the different tournaments,” Jabeur mentioned.
American John Isner who edged Nicolas Mahut within the longest match in historical past at Wimbledon mentioned eliminating rating factors will go away The Championships with “a special really feel.”
“It is positively a special really feel. I do not understand how I’ll alter to it,” Isner mentioned. “Proper now, honestly, I am not that stoked about Wimbledon. I’d simply present up on Saturday and possibly I’ll play Monday and see what occurs.
“As a result of, you realize, our foreign money on tour is factors. You recognize, we play for that to maintain our rating excessive, to maneuver up our rating. It places a number of strain on you to attempt to construct your rating or preserve your rating.
“You are not going to have that this 12 months. So I believe in a way some gamers shall be taking part in fairly free on the market, as a result of we do not have that risk of, you realize, of not bettering your rating happening.”
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