By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Thursday, March 20, 2025
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King Grand Slam Novak Djokovic It is one of several stars that supports the PTPA lawsuit against ATP, WTA and ITF.
Do not count Carlos Alcaraz Among the lawyers of PTPA legal action.
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Speaking to the media in Miami Open on Thursday, Alcaraz said he was unaware of the lawsuit before her appearance and did not support her.
“Honestly, it was surprising to me because no one told me anything about it,” Alcaraz told the media in Miami. “Just yesterday I saw on social media …
“I saw that there were some statements that they put something I said at the press conference, which I didn’t know. I didn’t support that letter. I didn’t support it because, as I said, I didn’t know anything about it.”
Guided by Novak Djokovicinvestment Bill and Canadian Vasek pospisil, PTPA filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of New York and the United Kingdom and the European Union on Tuesday.
The lawsuit claims that ATP, WTA and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) are actively engaged in corrupt business practices that limit the ability of players to make money and limit their professional lives.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅.Today, PTPA, and on a dozen players, on behalf of the entire professional population, presented a wide range of legal actions against ATP, WTA, ITF and ITIA to reform professional tennis. https://t.co/1r4lwqpopp
– Professional Tennis Tennis Association (@ptpaplayers) March 18, 2025
Established in 2019, PTPA protects that players should make more money priced in different tournaments than allowed for WTA and ATP rules.
Gjokovic said that despite the fact that PTPA was “not accepted” by ATP, WTA and Grand Slams, the organization is gaining financial withdrawal and support and “should live”.
“I think there are many legal challenges along the way,” Gjokovic said in a past interview. “We have managed to overcome all those challenges, and we are collecting the right team of people with advisory board, people who will help financing the association, of course people from the world of tennis who will help us set ourselves within the ecosystem, which I think are very important as we were not accepted and embraced by great clashes, but this is not. lived. ”
PTPA is essential because it is only committed to giving players a voice in the decision -making process that affects the sport, Djokovic said.
“It has to be there because the players don’t have 100 percent representation in the tennis world, unfortunately,” Gjokovic said. “With the association they have it. We hope that more players will show the willingness to understand what PTPA can do for them.”
Religious by Roland Garros and the champion of Wimbledon Alcaraz said while he has concerns about the issues, he does not support the PTPA lawsuit.
“There are some things I agree with, there are some other things I disagree with, but the main thing here is that I are not supporting it, so it is,” Alcaraz said.
