French Open tournament director Gilbert Ysern has been quoted by French sports daily L'Equipe that seven-time Roland Garros success Rafael Nadal won't acquire a seeding upgrade at that upcoming claycourt Slam competition which begins later the following month. Nadal is currently ranked number five on the earth behind compatriot David Ferrer. The reason behind Nadal's lower-than-usual ranking was his inactivity with the ATP Tour for seven months beginning with his surprise second round exit at the Wimbledon Championships last yr.
According to Ysern, the Roland Garros committee has discussed the difficulty and decided to remain faithful to the usual format with seeding the players determined by their rankings after a Rome Masters tournament.
"Given what's Nadal in Paris, the best player in the history within the tournament, it seemed incongruous that he'd can be found in here with a number four to five, " Ysern said. "The harm was done, so we'd have been talking about fiddling with the draw. What would are viewed as a formidable symbol — actually homage — was being seen as underhanded, " they added.
There is still a prospect for Nadal to regain at a minimum the world number four ranking ahead of Roland Garros tournament. He's currently less than 1, 000 points at the rear of Ferrer but being the defending champion in Ancient rome, Nadal would need to perform well in both Madrid and Rome Masters and Ferrer it is fair to be eliminated in sooner rounds in both prestigious claycourt events. However, Ferrer has had striking results on clay so it really depends on what happens yearly two weeks.
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