The new body will be called the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) and a document detailing plans and objectives has been distributed to players seeking their signatures.

"After two years on the ATP Player Council, I am resigning from my position as the player representative for the 51-100 ranking positions," Pospisil wrote on Twitter.

"It has become clear that, as a player council member within the current structure of the ATP, it is very difficult, if not impossible to have any significant impact on any major decisions made by our tour."

"I am proud to say I have always fought for what I believed to be right and, in doing so, never compromised my integrity. My sole mission on the council was to represent my peers well, and I'm extremely proud to have done that to the best of my abilities. I leave holding my head high."

"The goal of the PTPA is not to replace the ATP, but to provide players with a self-governance structure that is independent from the ATP and directly responsive to player-members' needs and concerns," the newspaper quoted the document as saying.

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