英文版：
Tiriac not amused by Madrid no-show
On Sunday, as the Madrid Masters wound down, Ion Tiriac, the fiercely
competitive Romanian urged for tennis' governing body to get tough on the
millionaire absentees from the Casa de Campo event and take a leaf out of
Formula One’s book with point penalties.
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Hurt by the late withdrawals of Roger Federer, Andy Roddick , Lleyton Hewitt
and Carlos Moya, Tiriac believes the players should be hit in the pocket.
Arguably, only Andre Agassi, Marat Safin and Tim Henman gave the indoor
tournament it's right to a “Masters Series” tag, run by former Wimbledon
champion Manolo Santana .
Tiriac firmly believes that $1 million of the $2.425 million purse on offer
in Madrid should have been taken away.
The Romanian went on to comment, “if [a player] doesn't play one of the nine
Masters Series tournaments, take away a quarter of his [ranking] points.
“If he doesn't play two, it's too bad, he cannot play the Masters Cup,
nothing else."
Tiriac contrasted the attitude in tennis to that of seven-time Formula One
champion Michael Schumacher, who wrapped up this year's championship months
ago.
"Schumacher didn't stop after six races when he was world champion," said
Tiriac.
"The players have to get conscious that they cannot live without somebody
putting an event like this together. I'm calling the rule."
Unfortunately, the Association of Tennis Professionals dissolved the
end-of-year bonus pool several seasons ago due to the collapse of
billion-dollar television rights contract in Switzerland.
The former manager of Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic also believes that
the four major championships, which are wary of the changes to their places
on the professional calendar, won't be willing to listen.
At least tell these players, some of whom may earn up to $7 million in prize
money each year, to “give something back to the game,” Tiriac concluded.
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