"I am very pessimistic about the possibility that the circuit can resume normal activity", recognized the winner of 19 Grand Slam tournaments, including 12 Roland-Garros, during a chat organized by the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET ) with the Spanish team that won the Davis Cup last year. “In tennis, you have to travel every week, stay at the hotel, go to different countries ... Even if the matches are played without an audience, the organization of a competition requires the participation of many people. At the international level, I see a serious problem, "added Nadal, who had already expressed his doubts in mid-April on the holding of a" big tournament "in" near or medium term ".
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"I hope it will only last a few months"
Rafael NadalWorld tennis has been at a standstill since early March and at least until mid-July, after notably the postponement of Roland-Garros in the fall and the historic cancellation of Wimbledon. Nadal has teamed up with his great rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer to defend the creation of a fund to help players put in difficulty by the paralysis of world tennis. But for the Spaniard, the priority remains the fight against the pandemic. "We have lived a very hard month and a half, with many irreparable losses and others less significant, but which will cause great suffering in society on the economic level, I hope that it will only last a few months", said Nadal, who last month launched with basketball player Pau Gasol an appeal to Spanish sportspeople to donate money to the Red Cross.
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