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“I’m the best player Madrid has ever had…”

The Mutua Madrid Open 2022 is already warming up. The women’s tournament starts this Thursday with the debut of Paula Badosa, among other. To see the boys in action we will have to wait until Sunday, although Nadal, Alcaraz and company can now be seen training at the Caja Mágica facilities.

Who the spectators will not be able to see is Ferdinand Verdasco. The player from Madrid, number 118 in the world, does not have enough ranking to access the final table of the tournament, and the organization has decided not to grant any of the invitations of which he has, something that has bothered him notably.

I am the best player that Madrid has had for 17 years. I have been in permanent contact with Feliciano López and he did everything possible to get me the invitation, but in the end it has not been possible. The tournament has not granted me the invitation when I needed it the most” declared Verdasco after qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Estoril tournament.

Pouille is a great friend of mine and he did get the invitation. The organization of the Paris Bercy tournament would never give me a WC instead of a French place” added the man from Madrid, who published a message on his twitter account a few days ago denouncing the injustice of that decision.

We have many tennis players who have been at the gates of being able to participate and have been ignored in their requests to receive an invitation,” he said.

Fernando Verdasco, in a file image

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We do not understand that the promoting company and the tournament owners have found the criteria to give these invitations reasonable.“, added Verdasco, on behalf of “many Spanish players”.

We felt that it was very important to communicate how sad we are not being able to play in our country and to make known the situation that has deprived us of that opportunity.“, he pointed.


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Nadal, with the Roland Garros title that he won in 2019

Paula Badosa showed her support for Verdasco by responding to him, also on networks, and remembering that last year she participated with an invitation and completed “one of the best tournaments” of her career.

Badosa, who arrived at number 62 in the ranking, reached the semifinals and began a meteoric rise that has taken her to third place in world tennis.

Very sad to see things like this for Spanish tennis. When there is a lot of potential… It’s a huge opportunity for everyone and it’s a shame that the only tournament we have at such a level, this happens… We have to give our tennis players opportunities to continue growing”, said the player, whose support Verdasco thanked.

The Mutua Madrid Open decided to invite the British to the men’s main draw Andy Murray and Jack Draper, the Spanish Carlos Gimeno and the French Lucas Pouilleand in the feminine to the Japanese Naomi Osaka, the Puerto Rican Mónica Puig, the Czech Linda Fruhvirtova, the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and the Chinese Qinwen Zheng.

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