“Tennis is a city of 3,000 inhabitants in which only 70 live well”

The Argentine tennis player Marco Trungelliti has starred in harsh statements about the world of tennis in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Le Temps, where he criticizes the current system and charged against players like Rafa Nadal or Roger Federer for not supporting lower ranked players.

Trungelliti, number 231 in the ATP ranking and who already denounced having been a victim of bribes in an interview with the Argentine newspaper La Nación, has been one of the tennis players who has been affected by the coronavirus crisis. “I received a grant of $ 4,000 from the ATP and I am grateful to them, but is it normal that a player who is 100 or 130 in the world cannot survive for three months in a sport in which there are so many millionaires? I don't think so, but I don't know anymore because the ATP is an opaque organization that communicates very little and with very few players, “said the Argentine.

The tennis player from Santiago del Estero, who lives in Andorra, regretted that the current ATP system allows the inequalities that exist today in the world of tennis and put a simile on what the circuit would be like if it were a city. “In tennis many people make decisions based on their private interests. The system is bad. I compare it to a city of 3,000 inhabitants in which only 70 live well. Who accepts that? Tennis accepts it and offers you $ 200 in prize money after a week of work when bettors offer you 3,000 or 5,000 to fix a match. “

Trungelliti was also asked if he expected the support from players like Rafa Nadal or Roger Federer in their demands, and took the opportunity to throw a dart at both tennis players. “I wasn't expecting anything, but it would have carried a completely different message, and that would have made others speak up rather than shut up. By being silent while giving interviews or writing things on social media, these players have encouraged corruption., even passively. “