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‘AN INJUSTICE’ – RAFAEL NADAL’S PROTECTED RANKING FOR PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS ‘UNFAIR’ SAYS FELLOW SPANIARD
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been suggested by Eurosport’s Mats Wilander as the perfect event for Rafael Nadal to bring his glittering career to a close on the biggest stage, but not everyone, it seems, is entirely happy about the protected ranking system that could see the legendary player take his place in the field at Roland-Garros. Nadal lost out to Alexander Zverev at the French Open.Pedro Martinez has given his views about the protected ranking system that looks set to enable his fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal to participate at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the expense of others on the ATP Tour.
The unseeded 27-year-old lost out in straight sets to sixth seed Andrey Rublev in the first round of the French Open – the same stage that the great