"That's how the rankings work" - Nadal takes no issue with how French Open is seeded

Rafael Nadal's No.3 seeding has caused a stir in certain sections during this year's French Open mainly due to the amount of titles the Spaniard has won at Roland Garros.

Nadal currently sits on 13 wins compared to second seed, Daniil Medvedev who doesn't have that alone in wins on the clay and has previously voiced his displeasure for the surface despite playing well this time around in Paris.

But he takes more of a pragmatic approach to it saying that the rankings are more than fair and that is how it should be made up.

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“That’s part of the game, you know, that’s how the rankings work,” Nadal stated during his first post-match press conference of this year’s tournament.

“There is not a sport that is fairer than tennis [in that regard]. There is a ranking, the seedings are made with the ranking that you had [from throughout] the year.

“So, I mean, that’s how it is. You need to find a way to do it fairly, and probably that’s a good way to avoid any discussion.”

Nadal who is set to play Richard Gasquet further discussed the point but said it's not in his periphery at the moment.

“Fair enough,” added Nadal. “I am the third [seed], Medvedev is the second, Novak [Djokovic] is the first, [I have] no problem with that.”

“[Besides focusing on the next match] other stuff doesn’t worry me now, honestly.”