"Players don't have 100 percent representation in the tennis world": Djokovic on reason for continued fight for PTPA
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Djokovic is not giving up on his PTPA initiative believeing it to be a good thing as he seeks 100 % representation for players in the tennis world.
Novak Djokovic's PTPA was received with mixed reactions in the tennis community. Some players supporter such as Raonic, Schwartzman and Opelka supported it while players like Nadal and Federer called for more unity in the sport. On the surface, the goal is a noble one and that's why Djokovic is determined to keep fighting for it.
He talked about it recently admitting some legal challenges:
"I think there's a lot of legal challenges along the way. We managed to overcome all those challenges, and we are gathering the right team of people with advisory board, people that are going to help with financing the association, of course people from the tennis world that will help us establish ourselves within the ecosystem, which I think is very important as we were not accepted and embraced by Grand Slams, ATP nor WTA, so it makes things difficult for us, but this association needs to live."
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He added:
"It needs to be there because players don't have 100 percent representation in the tennis world, unfortunately. With the association they have that. Hopefully more players will be showing the willingness to understand what PTPA can do for them. It's a process that will take a longer time just because we are not getting credibility from other governing bodies, so it will take longer, but we'll stay there, and it's something that hopefully can stay for many decades to come."
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