How a PTPA lawsuit cracked the fissures in world tennis wide open

Simmering fissures in the tennis world have been cracked wide open with a lawsuit filed by the Professional Tennis Players' Association, co-founded by Novak Djokovic, against the various governing bodies of the sport which they accuse of running tennis as a "cartel".

- HT Correspondent

MUMBAI:

Facing heat over the perceived preferential treatment to world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in his doping saga, the ATP has now been taken to court alongside the WTA, ITF and ITIA over various governance issues. The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday with a dozen current and former players as plaintiffs, also mentions the four Grand Slam organisers as "co-conspirators".

The PTPA, a players' association founded in 2020 by 24-time Slam champion Djokovic and former top-25 Canadian player Vasek Pospisil, claims to have spoken to more than 250 players, "including a majority of the top 20 players", who offered their support. "For too long, players have been forced to accept a broken system that ignores our well-being, undervalues our contributions, and leaves us without real representation," Pospisil wrote on X.