David Ferrer is ready to end his 2018 season at the Monterrey Challenger facing the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis. The Spanish player spoke about several things before opening his campaign in the Mexican tournament. Ferrer commented on the US Open final between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, saying that there is no gender difference in tennis unlike what Williams said.

'This is one of the fairest sports you have. Tennis is one of the few sports where men earn as much as women and I think it is a good example. In the male draw, men got fined than women, not because there is a difference, simply because men have behaved worse on the court than women,' Ferrer said.

Reflecting on this year's US Open first-round loss to his compatriot Rafael Nadal, the former world no. 3 added: 'It was good, I take positives, a player like Rafa, with whom I played my whole career, in my last Grand Slam playing on the Arthur Ashe against him was good, emotional, it was a pity that I got injured, I had never hurt in a Grand Slam and I hurt myself just in the last one, but it was very emotional and my family was there as well.' Finally, Ferrer gave his thoughts on the new format of the Davis Cup that will be introduced in 2019: 'I think it's good, changes are complicated, people reacted a little bit because it was always there, every year the calendar is very hard, many players get injured, reducing it to a week gives much value to tennis and over the years managing the calendar will be better.' ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title