Present this week on the Oeiras Challenger (€45,000), in Portugal, while the Marbella tournament was taking place at the same time, for a prize money three times higher (€135,000), the American player Noah Rubin, 482e world and eliminated in the quarter-finals, protested against the ridiculous remuneration of the players during certain events of the secondary circuit.
“Nothing really scares the ATP, it is doing well. The managers earn their money and the players play for peanuts. I mean, it’s definitely a tough tournament (the Oeiras Challenger, editor’s note). It’s an amazing event here right now and you have Marbella, another one where you have top 10 players playing there (Thiem and Wawrinka, editor’s note). We play for 100 dollars or 200 dollars, euros, sorry, 200 euros and you know that the ATP absolutely does not care to change anything to make tennis more attractive and to help players get by. And I’m not saying there aren’t people who don’t care because I’ve worked with player relations who really care. I’ve worked with people on the Challenger tour who went out of their way to make sure these events were great. It’s just that sometimes it’s not enough when the guys at the top, you know, get what they want. »
Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 4:16 PM
