World. No.1 tennis participant Novak Djokovic is main the cost to kind a players association to signify men's skilled tennis players. According to the Associated Press, Djokovic and former top-30 participant Vasek Pospisil can be the co-presidents of the Professional Tennis Players Association, or PPTA.
Djokovic's assist for such a corporation carries extra than simply the load of his being the top-ranked participant on this planet proper now -- he is additionally the president of the ATP Player Council, which advises the ATP Board of Directors on issues associated to players and tournaments. Pospisil has been a member of the Player Council, however introduced his resignation in a tweet, saying the council didn't carry sufficient precise determination making energy.
"It has become clear that, as a player council member within the current structure of the ATP, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to have any significant impact on any major decisions made by our tour."
Professional tennis players on the highest degree perform as impartial contractors. The letter reportedly goals to "provide players with a self-governance structure that is independent from the ATP," and can be open to the highest 500 men's singles and 200 men's doubles players within the ATP rankings. It additionally lays out an organizational construction with an yearly elected board of trustees of up to 9 members, together with two co-presidents -- who can be Djokovic and Pospisil to start -- elected for two-year phrases.
The letter was emailed to players, and asks these supporting the plan to signal it and reportedly and says "if a significant number of players support this initiative we will move forward."
This proposal to players comes on the eve of the US Open the place 15 of the ATP's prime 20 will compete in what's now the second Grand Slam occasion of the yr. The Australian Open was held again in January, and Wimbledon was canceled for the primary time since World War II, due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic. The French Open was rescheduled due to the unfold of coronavirus, and is scheduled to start Sept. 21.
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