Ruud blasts ATP after shock French Open exit

Casper Ruud claims players are being 'forced to show up injured' after his second-round loss at Roland Garros

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00:00Well, it's kind of like a rat race when it comes to the rankings as well.

00:05You feel you're obligated to play with certain rules that the ATP have set up with the mandatory events.

00:13And you feel like you lose a lot if you don't show up and play, both economically and point-wise, ranking-wise, and opportunity-wise.

00:21I'm not sure if you're aware, but if you don't play a mandatory event, they cut 25% of your year-end bonus.

00:27So you're kind of forcing players to show up injured or sick or whatever, when that's not what I think is very fair.