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“From my point of view, I am very pessimistic that the circuit can resume normal activity,” said world number two in a virtual conversation organized by the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) involving the team that won the Davis Cup. last year. .
“In tennis, you have to travel every week, stay in hotels, go to different countries,” said Nadal.
“Even if we play without an audience, it takes a lot of people involved to organize any event, which cannot be ignored. Internationally, I see a serious problem.”
Nadal said he hoped the restrictions could be gradually relaxed, but added that he was aware that the global health situation is dire.
“We have had a very difficult month and a half, with many irreparable losses and other less important ones that will still bring great suffering to society, I hope only for a few months, economically,” he said.
“A lot of people are going to lose their job.” “These are sad times when you see so many people die,” he said.
Nadal had already told Spanish radio that he thought it would be “difficult” to organize one of the largest “in the short or medium term.”
Nadal has been working with his friend Pau Gasol, the Spanish basketball player, to raise funds in the fight against the coronavirus.
Along with other leading tennis players like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, Nadal is one of the promoters of a plan to create a fund to help low-ranking players who are suffering financially.