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MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic and the women’s world number two Our Jabeur was named on Wednesday to the first executive committee of the controversial Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA).
Serbia’s Djokovic, the former men’s No. 1, was instrumental in the creation of the PTPA as he stepped down as PTPA chairman. ATP Players Council in 2020 to establish a breakaway organization.
ATP runs men’s tennis. PTPA is independent of ATP and its female counterpart WTAand says he wants to give players a better voice in sports.
Six other players were also named to the executive committee or governing body: Paula Badosa, Hubert Hurkacz, John Isner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Vasek Pospisil and Zheng Saisai.
The committee will focus on promoting player rights, growing and improving the business of tennis, the PTPA said in a statement in Melbourne ahead of next week’s Australian Open.
Speaking in Adelaide last week, Djokovic said: “When it comes to the PTPA, the players’ organization that is 100 per cent dedicated to the players, we don’t have anything like that in tennis.”
The 35-year-old, one of the most successful men’s players of all time, admitted that “the Grand Slam, the ATP or the WTA didn’t accept us and embrace us, so that makes it difficult for us”.
“But this association must live,” he said.
“It has to be there because unfortunately the players are not 100 percent represented in the tennis world.”
Serbia’s Djokovic, the former men’s No. 1, was instrumental in the creation of the PTPA as he stepped down as PTPA chairman. ATP Players Council in 2020 to establish a breakaway organization.
ATP runs men’s tennis. PTPA is independent of ATP and its female counterpart WTAand says he wants to give players a better voice in sports.
Six other players were also named to the executive committee or governing body: Paula Badosa, Hubert Hurkacz, John Isner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Vasek Pospisil and Zheng Saisai.
The committee will focus on promoting player rights, growing and improving the business of tennis, the PTPA said in a statement in Melbourne ahead of next week’s Australian Open.
Speaking in Adelaide last week, Djokovic said: “When it comes to the PTPA, the players’ organization that is 100 per cent dedicated to the players, we don’t have anything like that in tennis.”
The 35-year-old, one of the most successful men’s players of all time, admitted that “the Grand Slam, the ATP or the WTA didn’t accept us and embrace us, so that makes it difficult for us”.
“But this association must live,” he said.
“It has to be there because unfortunately the players are not 100 percent represented in the tennis world.”
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