Breaking Point

Worried Rafa’s plea for peace

- Matthew Dunn

Rafa Nadal has expressed his dismay at the “terrible things” happening in America and said he would not travel to the US Open in the current climate.

“Honestly, if you asked me if I want to travel today to New York to play a tennis tournament, I will say ‘no, I will not,’” he said.

Instead, the favourite tennis player of American president Donald Trump has called for calm following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week.

With the civil unrest coming against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, he questioned whether tennis should be considered with the US Open set to become the first Grand Slam of the year at the end of August.