It's time for professional tennis players to have a voice and a seat at the decision-making tables. This is our why. 🗣️ @DjokerNole | @VasekPospisil
"I think this is a unique, frankly generational opportunity" says Novak Djokovic backed PTPA chief on potential tennis super tour
Tennis NewsSunday, 03 December 2023 at 11:29
Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) chief Ahmad
Nassar believes that the idea of having a super tour in tennis will be a ‘generational
opportunity’.
There have been rumours that tennis federations are looking
to introduce a super tour, similar to how it is in football, which will include
mega events such as Wimbledon.
Nassar, while talking to Express Sports, backed the idea and
called it a ‘generational opportunity’ for players to become a part of such an
event.
“It is certainly
something we are keenly interested in doing some more work around to see what’s
possible. The details will absolutely matter,” he said. “I think the good news
is the broader point that we have made for as long as we have existed is that
the status quo is unacceptable.
“The way tennis is fragmented, the way the revenues aren’t
maximised, the way the schedule is a mess. All of these things are just not
acceptable and not becoming of a global sport and not becoming of professional
athletes who are the best in the world at what they do.
“I think this is a unique, frankly generational opportunity,
whether it’s what was reported [the super tour with Slams and Masters] or any
of these other options, to fundamentally reform the top end of tennis. Similar
to the creation of the EPL.
“And then that can elevate the entire sport because you’re
going to care. You still need a pipeline, how do younger players progress? How
do injured players or players who, for whatever reason aren’t playing the way
they were playing before, how do they round back into form?
“And so obviously very early but discussions around almost
like a version of promotion and relegation. There’s lots of different ways to
make it interesting and not leave people behind.
You’re still going to have lots of different tournaments,
250s, 500s, 125s, Universal Tennis events, that I think can feed into a system.
The problem right now is it’s so fragmented. And that results in odd
scheduling.”
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- You (Tennis Update) keep posting bits from Stubbs every time she has a brainfart... but you fail to tell us why we should care; or even why her opinion is relevant?
mandoist17-10-2024 - Jack Draper could also be in this conversation.Rapunzel16-10-2024
- Osaka writing a check she cannot cash. Same for Raducanu.mandoist16-10-2024
- 'Man-splaining' doesn't actually help in these situations. Professionals sometimes forget that it's most often advantageous to let the media and anti-Socia media have its way -- then let the subject fade given peoples' short-term memories. Bottom Line here: Iga made what she believed is a way forward for herself, and whatever led to this change is basically not anyone else's business.mandoist16-10-2024
- Just poor judgement by Zheng during one of the most intense moments of the 3-set battle. At least she used 'Words' -- not slamming balls into the crowd, demolishing racquets, or name-calling.mandoist14-10-2024
