Djokovic launches his players association without the unanimous support of the circuit

Proud of the supposed advance of his project of a players organization outside the ATP, Novak Djokovic published, as promised by him and his main partner is this initiative, Vasek Pospisil, a photo with which he endorsed the constitution of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), the Association of Professional Tennis Players. “After the successful meeting yesterday, we are pleased to announce the start of the MYPOW. The first association only of players in tennis since 1972, “wrote the world's number one next to the snapshot of Pospisil, most of the Balkan players and a large number of North Americans. They are not in it, among others, the Spanish.

And it is that the PTPA was born without the unanimous support of the players of the circuit. Some of a lot of weight like Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer showed their disagreement with Djokovic's decision. “The world is experiencing a difficult and complicated situation. Personally, I believe that these are times to be calm and all work together in the same direction. It is time for unity, not separation. These are times when great things can be achieved as long as the world of tennis is united. All of us, players, tournaments and government bodies, have to work together. We have a bigger problem and separation and disunity is definitely not the solution, “the Balearic published on social networks. “I agree Rafa Nadal. These are uncertain and challenging times, but I think it is essential for us to be united as players and as a sport to pave the best way forward,” supported Federer.

One of the most influential Spaniards on the circuit, Feliciano López, retweeted Nadal's messages. Other veterans with an ascendant in the world of men's tennis, such as Stan Wawrinka, also do not agree with this separation movement that has been criticized by all the governing bodies of the sport of the block racket, from the four Grand Slams, to the ATP, the WTA, whose players have been totally excluded from this new association, as Milos Raonic, and the ITF have criticized. Now it remains to be verified the impact and the true operation of the PTPA of the 'rebels' Djokovic and Pospisil.