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31.08.2020
Tennis » The Serb has announced the creation of a new association of professional players independent of ATP.
The rivalry until off the courts. Ignoring the calls for “unity” from Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic announced on Saturday the creation of a new association of professional male tennis players, independent of the ATP which manages the circuit. Nadal and Federer had called for “unity, not separation” when they learned that players led by the Serbian world No. 1 could announce the creation of a dissident association. But after a meeting between the players at the end of the Masters 1000 from Cincinnati, relocated to New York – where Nadal and Federer are absent – Djokovic formalized the launch of the project, specifying that it was neither about a “union” or “a parallel circuit”.
“After the meeting successful today (Saturday, editor’s note), we are delighted to announce the creation of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (PTPA), ”wrote the Serbian on Instagram, posting a photo of several dozen players gathered on a tennis court in Flushing Meadows, where the US Open begins today.
The Canadian Vasek Pospisil, an ardent member of the ATP players’ council, a body integrated into the institution, opened fire on Friday by announcing his resignation. “It has become evident that as a member of the players’ council within the current structure of ATP it is very difficult, if not impossible, to have any influence whatsoever on any major decision on the circuit.” , explained the 92nd world.
Before putting forward “the first association of tennis players since 1972”, year of the creation by players of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which has managed the men’s circuit alone since 1990, Novak Djokovic had simply said earlier on Saturday after – midday that the project was in gestation. ats
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