Andrey Rublev warns Wimbledon ‘may destroy tennis’ and undo Federer, Nadal, Djokovic work | Tennis | Sport
“In the end, there is only one way and that’s to work together and not have a toxic relationship. It’s very important to keep the glory we’re having now because of these three players. What Roger, Novak and Rafa have done all these years, we have to respect this. Players need to defend the tournaments and tournaments need to defend the players.”
Rublev powered into the second round at Roland Garros thanks to a four-set win over Kwon Soon-woo on Tuesday. All the while, pressure continues to mount on Wimbledon amid swipes by players and further threats to boycott the event.
Denis Shapovalov, a Grand Slam semi-finalist, suffered a straight-sets defeat against Holger Rune to see him crash out in the first round of the French Open before claiming that the pressure of Wimbledon being stripped of points affected his performance.
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