Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 17, 2021 Germany's Alexander Zverev in action during his quarter final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic REUTERS/Loren Elliott
(Reuters) - U.S. Open runner-up Alexander Zverev says it is "absurd" he remains behind Roger Federer under the ATP Tour's revised rankings system during the COVID-19 pandemic, given that the Swiss was out injured for more than a year.
The ATP, which runs the men's tour, froze the rankings last year during the five-month shutdown of professional tournaments with countries imposing lockdown and sealing borders to check the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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