We all love Federer-Nadal rivalry, but in this case the clash is not on the court but on different points of view. Nadal as the ATP Players’ Council’s vice president sticks to his support to a two-year ranking that is opposed by Federer (the President).
‘He has his ideas as the council president, I have other ideas as vice-president. It’s not that my or his ideas are bad. We need to justify them. Why one does not like the two-year ranking and why one does, why one does not want to stage a boycott…And I don’t want to, either, there will not be any kind of a boycott, at least now, it’s very far away…I’m not the only one who likes the two-year ranking. There are many other players who also do, and the two-year ranking has a clear side, which is to protect all players, not just the top ones.”
He added “It’s a protection for the players who are injured, that will not last until the end of their careers. It’s true that when you get injured today with the one-year ranking you can go up faster, but you also have to comeback from No. 700 in the world, like what happened to Juan Martin Del Potro. It’s more important not have to come back from such allow ranking and to play with less pressure when returning.’
