PTPA vs. Tennis agencies: who signed the complaint and why Djokovic refused

More than agitated day crossed the tennis circuit on Tuesday, after the Association of Professional Tennis Players (PTPA for its acronym in English) will start legal actions against guiding organisms worldwide such as ATP, WTA, ITF and ITIAarguing “anti -competitive practices and a flagrant contempt for their well -being.”

Through a forceful statement, the Canadian Vasek postpisilco -founder of the union in 2019 and Davis 2022 champion, justified the generalized discomfort: “Today marks a crucial moment in the struggle for justice and integrity in tennis. The time has come to demand responsibilities to these organizations and their accomplices for decades of illegal practices, systematic abuse of players and exploitation that our sport has fogged.”

Consequently, Several players that usually compete at the highest level They explicitly supported The decision of the entity that is responsible for ensuring their interests, leaving its signatures at the bottom of the message as the Australians Nick Kyrgios (892 °), John-Patrick Smith (66 ° in doubles) and Arina Rodionova (193ª), Americans Reilly Opelka (114 °), Tennys Sandgren (732 °), Noah Rubin and Nicole Melichar-Martinez (19th in doubles), the French Varvara Gracheva (65), the Romanian Sorana Cirstea (101st), the Indonesian Sutjiadi Aldila (42nd in doubles) and China Saisai Zheng (55th in doubles).

However, the biggest surprise will probably respond to the absence of the Serbian Novak Djokovic (5th), who also participated in the foundation of the entity a few years ago, still actively affects the guidelines and would have declined the involvement of its name to focus on the joint action Instead of a direct battle, according to The Athletic media.