Djokovic: Women Welcome In Player Association
By Tennis NowThe new Professional Tennis Players Association will represent both men and women says Novak Djokovic.The world No. 1 says the new player union has reached out to women players over the past week and aims to represent both ATP and WTA players.More: Coric Saves 6 Match Points Shocks Tsitsipas"Right now we are prioritizing to gather as many players as possible, both male and female players, because there's been a lot of talks about this being an only men's organization or association, and it's not true," Djokovic said. "We have been talking with the women tennis players in the last five, six days, trying to share as much information with them as possible, and hopefully get their support and get them in as well in big numbers as part of this association."This is not against ATP, WTA, ITF or any governing body. We are not looking to get into the legal disputes or substitute ATP or anything like that. I feel like we can all coexist in the same ecosystem."About 60 players including Vasek Pospisil, John Isner, Matteo Berrettini, Taylor Fritz, Diego Schwartzman, Tennys Sandgren, Ivo Karlovic and Christian Garin are among those who have joined the union.