The professional association of tennis players (PTPA) requests a court order to prevent the ATP tour from engaging in “incorrect, coercive or threatening communications” with the players.
The association alleges that ATP has tried to put pressure on players to sign prepared statements A legal action has been launched this week by the PTPA.
The union, which was co-founded by the major winner at 24 times Novak Djokovic, cited “anti-competitive practices and a blatant contempt for the well-being of players” in the prosecution deposited on Tuesday.
Djokovic is not one of the players listed as an applicant in official documents, but said publicly At the Miami Open on Thursday, there are elements of the trial with which he agrees, and some with which he does not.
The Serbian continued saying: “I saw changes, but there are fundamental changes that are still to be made and I really hope that all the guiding bodies, including the PTPA, will meet and solve these problems.”
The PTPA, “on behalf of the whole population of players”, takes measures against the male tour of the ATP, the Wat WTA Tour, the International Tennis Federation and the International Tennis Integrity Agency in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Nick Kyrgios in Australia is the most prominent player to be called a applicant alongside the PTPA.
In the documents deposited on Friday at the end of the United States district court in New York, the PTPA lawyers asked Judge Margaret Garnett to make an order which prevents the four defendants from communicating with players of their involvement in the process.
The motion accuses ATP of threatening to reduce prices and contributions to the pension to compensate for the legal costs it will accumulate from the fight against the case. He maintains that this constitutes a “blatant interference” with the jurisdiction of the court.
