‘It’s really tough to climb,’ Denis Shapovalov takes a dig at the new ATP ranking system
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Lately, a lot of players are criticizing the revised ranking system. The rankings system were revised to protect players’ points hugely. Denis Shapovalov becomes the latest player to criticize the ranking system.
Earlier Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev had reserved thoughts on the COVID-affected ranking system and said that this system is unfair to the players.
Denis Shapovalov will face Frenchman Jérémy Chardy in the quarter-final of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday. He defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff and 13th seed Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd and 3rd round respectively in straight sets.
I was amazed Rublev has won like 25 500s & he hasn’t been able to climb so much: Denis Shapovalov
Canadian Denis Shapovalov measured his words on the pros & cons of the revised ranking system currently in place.
After his Round of 16 match in Dubai, Shapovalov was asked to give his opinion on the new ranking sysem.
“Honestly I don’t know. There’s always going to be positives and negatives in the ranking system. It is difficult to climb because players aren’t losing points but at the end of the day it’s what they decide and we kind of have to go out there and do it. I haven’t thought about it too much,” the Canadian said.
“On one sense it is good for me because I have semis in Miami so if I lose early I think I only lose 50 percent of the points. But on the other side of course it’s really tough to climb.”
He further continued: “I was amazed Rublev has won like 25 500s & he hasn’t been able to climb so much. In one sense, it’s good you’re not dropping but on the other it’s difficult to climb, so am not really sure.”
“But again, I am not involved in it and I don’t know what other options they really had.”
Shapovalov next faces Jérémy Chardy in the quarter-final where he goes in as a huge favorite.
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