Acapulco director confirms $1 million Rafa Nadal drama

The Acapulco match director has confirmed the competitors did not have the funds to pay Rafael Nadal’s appearance fee with the reports sparking a fierce tennis debate over the weekend.

Nadal introduced final Thursday that he had pulled out of the Rotterdam Open as a result of again harm, which has troubled the 20-time grand slam this 12 months.

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However early reviews prompt Nadal may even withdraw from Acapulco, the place he’s the defending champion, with hypothesis the competitors was unable to match his look charge.

Now, match director Raul Zurutuza has confirmed the competitors did not have the cash to draw the Spaniard.

“The connection with Carlos Costa (Nadal’s agent) is tremendous good and issues had been very open, the truth is that there aren’t any funds to pay [Nadal],” Zurutuza informed the publication Excelsior.

“Our price range for this 12 months is super-mega restricted, so we determined to speculate that cash in bringing who we might deliver.”

The match director confirmed that they had locked in a robust discipline, regardless of Nadal’s absence.

This included Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman.

“We already had a contract signed with Zverev and it was costlier to cancel it than to pay him,” Zurutuza stated.

“And the opposite gamers, the 4 or 5 that we invited with an look charge have put the batteries… their monetary calls for are considerably decrease than what they usually do.”

Nadal absence sparks tennis debate

Nadal’s absence sparked a debate on social media after reviews the match could not afford him to seem.

Tennis author Ben Rothenberg claimed Nadal’s look charge might be wherever within the neighborhood of $US 1 million.

This opened up the talk on the Massive Three’s – Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic – pulling energy and the cash on the prime of the sport.

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Some followers prompt it was “embarrassing” if sure gamers had been so cash motivated.

Rothenberg additionally prompt a decrease ranked participant might be involved if prize cash – as a result of coronavirus pandemic – is dropping faster than the looks charges of prime gamers.

Sports activities Illustrated reporter Jon Wertheim prompt extra gamers might be pulling out of tournaments sooner or later if prize cash would not fancy them throughout these tough instances.

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