The ATP Rankings system as well as the tour’s Bonus Pool have come under fire from Casper Ruud as he feels it forces players to compete even when they are not 100% fit.

Two-time Roland Garros finalist Ruud suffered his joint-earliest exit from the tournament as he was stunned by unseeded Nuno Borges in the second round in Paris.

The Norwegian was hampered by a leg injury throughout the 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 defeat as he admitted after the match that he had been struggling for several weeks.

Ruud has played in all the big clay-court events the past two months, losing in the round of 16 in Monte Carlo and the quarter-final in Barcelona before winning the Madrid Open.

He then suffered a last-eight exit from the Italian Open and was due to play in the Geneva Open last week, but withdrew due t

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