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![Rafael Nadal will not be able to participate in the ATP events in Rotterdam and Mexico.]()
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Rafael Nadal will not be able to participate in the ATP events in Rotterdam and Mexico.
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![The reason should be his back pain, which he has to cure.]()
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The reason should be his back pain, which he has to cure.
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![According to media reports, it could also be because the Mexico Open cannot pay its entry fee of one million dollars.]()
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According to media reports, it could also be because the Mexico Open cannot pay its entry fee of one million dollars.
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![In 2019, Australian Nick Kyrgios won the Mexico Open and received around 367,000 US dollars in prize money.]()
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In 2019, Australian Nick Kyrgios won the Mexico Open and received around 367,000 US dollars in prize money.
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Rafael Nadal recently stated that he could not travel to the ATP events in Rotterdam and Mexico. The reason for this is said to be his long-lasting back pain, which he now wants to cure. According to media reports, however, there could be other reasons why the Spanish superstar can at least not participate in the Mexico Open – financial.
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Participation fee should be too high
The organizers will have to pay around one million US dollars to get Nadal to participate and in times of Corona they simply cannot raise this amount. What seems strange: The prize money at the Mexico Open is already a million dollars for the men, and only around 250,000 dollars for the women.
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Twitter discussions about the “Big Three”
In the social media in particular, the discussion was raised again that the “Big Three”, i.e. Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, would each charge too much money as a participation fee. The fact that tournament organizers, who have had to make big losses due to Covid-19, are not able to pay the fee is not really surprising. (rij)
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Published: 02/27/2021, 27 minutes ago–
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