Andrey Rublev has added his voice to criticism of the current ATP ranking system with the Russian world No.8 suggesting after winning his opening match in Dubai on Tuesday that it does not work in his favor.
Alexander Zverev, the German world No.7, recently described the revised system as “absurd” because he is ranked lower than Roger Federer even though the Swiss missed an entire year due to knee surgery.
The system was introduced to protect players who are unable to travel and compete because of the coronavirus pandemic.
While players can add points to their tally, they do not drop the points accumulated from the previous season.
“If we would have the normal system, I w…
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