Challenger event due to Yom Kippur

traveling, than soccer or basketball players.

He called for the ATP to establish more tournaments across the world to increase the opportunities for lower ranked players before suggesting that the players should form a union and go on strike.

“The bottom line is that if you want to play tennis you either better come from a rich family or have a sponsor or know that you will likely go broke,” he added.

Elsewhere Wednesday, fourth seed Rafa Nadal was stunned by Serb Viktor Troicki in an upsetfilled Shanghai Masters second round on Wednesday while Andy Murray breezed past American Steve Johnson and Nick Kyrgios slumped to a listless defeat.

Troicki, ranked 31st in the world, overcame Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (3) in an hour and 34 minutes to secure his first ever victory against the 14-time grand slam winner.

Twice Shanghai Masters champion Murray, who claimed the China Open title last week, had no such trouble as he won 6-3, 6-2.

Kyrgios lost to Germany’s Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-1 with another controversial display in which he appeared uninterested throughout, landing a series of half-hearted serves and barely moving to meet his opponent’s returns.

The 21-year-old also clashed with spectators before being booed off the court after a match that lasted just 48 minutes.

Kyrgios, later apologized on his Twitter account.

“Not good enough today on many levels, I’m better than that. I can go on about excuses but there are none. Sorry,” wrote Kyrgios.

During his match with Zverev, Kyrgios became embroiled in an angry exchange with a fan who told him to “respect the game” and “respect the people”.

The world number 14 replied: “You want to come here and play? Sit down and shut up and watch.” Reuters contributed to this report