World quantity three Dominic Thiem has rejected the notion that the highest tennis gamers ought to chip in to assist lower-ranked rivals who're struggling financially because of the pause in tournaments due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
World primary Novak Djokovic final week urged gamers to contribute to a fund arrange by the game’s main governing our bodies to assist gamers affected by a shutdown which started in March and can proceed not less than till mid-July.
However Austrian Thiem stated he felt there have been sections of society that wanted extra pressing assist through the financial disaster attributable to the pandemic than his fellow rivals.
“No tennis participant is preventing to outlive, even those that are a lot lower-ranked. None of them are going to starve,” Thiem advised Austrian newspaper Krone on Sunday.
Thiem, 26, who has reached three finals at grand slams since 2018, shedding every time, criticized the angle of some gamers on the lower-tier Futures circuit, which he stated meant they didn't deserve handouts from the game’s prime gamers.
“There are lots of, many gamers who don’t put the game above the whole lot else and don’t dwell in knowledgeable method. I don’t actually see why I ought to give such gamers cash. I’d somewhat give cash to individuals or organizations that basically want it,” he added.
“None of us prime gamers bought something handed to us, all of us needed to combat our means up. I don’t have the assure in any job that I'll do properly and earn a number of cash.”
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