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Novak Djokovic and the Association of Tennis Professionals, that is, its Players Council, which is now chaired by Kevin Anderson, and the “main word” is led by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, do not get along at all, but a British journalist He surprised many with the information he posted around midnight.
Namely, Simon Briggs, who follows tennis for the “Daily Telegraph” in English, announced on Twitter that Nole sent a report to the ATP that he allegedly wants to return to the Players Council, of which he was president before, at the time US Open, he decided to form his own organization, the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA).
This is a total shock, considering the determination with which Djokovic worked in recent months in the formation of a kind of union, which would strengthen the efforts of the “weaker tennis players”, conditionally speaking, to have a better status in the “white sports”.
“As if there wasn’t enough tennis news last night, but I heard that both Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil, who left the ATP Players Council in August to form PTPA (due to pressure from colleagues who were in it), have now sent applications to will rejoin the Players Council, “writes Briggs.
To this add the following:
“This doesn’t seem like the two of them had much success with recruiting (members from the entire association) after that joint photo (several dozen PTPA stakeholders) at the US Open. The vote for the Players Council should be completed. at the end of December, and a new composition will start working on January 1 ”, added the aforementioned British journalist.
Such ads, unless they are malicious and fabricated, have caught many. Because, one is “undermining” Novak’s efforts, and the other, if they were based on the truth, leaves room for the question: why did Novak Djokovic decide such a thing, when he recently left the Players Council (of which he was chairman ) and that is exactly to form a new Tennis Association.
Recently, the Swiss “Blik” wrote on this topic that the “tennis war” is becoming more visible, and he supported it with a completely different view on the future development of tennis. Then, among other things, the aforementioned media even “beat up” Federer, Switzerland’s most famous athlete and, along with Nadal, the most trophies Grand Slam tennis player of all time:
“Take from the poor and give to the rich, that is the motto of the ATP Players Council gathered around Roger Federer, who wants to change the plans on how to distribute the prize funds. That fight for the money is a one of the reasons Novak Djokovic founded PTPA, a kind of tennis union. ” During the US Open, the relationship between ATP and Novak Djokovic broke down, and the Serbian said he wanted to stop being the President of the Players Council and form his own association. It’s also clearer what the fuss was about: the coveted money.
A document was revealed on Twitter, which revealed the plans of the ATP and the current Players Council for 2021. The council, around Federer, Rafael Nadal and the new president, Anderson, advocates a change in the distribution of the fund of awards. And those who already have a lot of money would benefit more from this change: the Players Council wants to reduce the earnings of the ‘small’ players.
“The prize fund in the rankings and for the introductory rounds of the tournament should be reduced and increased for the participants in the tournament finals,” the document states, commenting that this is ‘the wish of the tennis players themselves.’
However, the opposite happened after the continuation of the interrupted season of this year: the ‘smaller’ players started to win more than before, but now it seems that it will return to the previous form “, explains” Blik “, on how it emerged the “war” between the ATP and its Players Council led by Nadal, Federer and Anderson on the one hand, and Novak Djokovic and his growing number of like-minded peers among peers, on the other, “Blik wrote.
However, if Novak Djokovic does return to the Players Council, the question remains whether he is giving up on his PTPA idea (which is unlikely) or whether he wants to implement exactly what that union decides, “from within”, as a member. of the organization. under the ATP cap. After all, speaking “from the side”, and without any influence on the structures of the Association of Tennis Professionals, except media attention, could change the reality of tennis a bit, so it seems that this move, If Simon Briggs’ claim is true, it is actually an attempt by Nolet to see how one of the PTPA’s two presidents – the ideas championed by the association – begins to impose himself on the leaders of “white sports” and through the only “legitimate” authority available to players, the ATP Players Council.
After all, Novak Djokovic himself announced a few days ago that he would try to “integrate” his Association into the tennis ecosystem, so this cunning may be just one step on that path.
In any case, turbulent days await us.
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