Novak Djokovic has expressed his belief that the PTPA should have been part of the Wimbledon points stripping talks.
Djokovic is a former member of the ATP Players council stepping down in August of 2020. His decision to do so was motivated by the fact that he thinks the ATP is not doing the job they are supposed to be doing properly. Together with Vasek Pospisil, he formed the PTPA to better represent players in tennis. Speaking at Roland Garros he said:
“We are still a young organisation, and it takes time to set up structure in the system. But it will probably take the most time and be challenging for us to really be accepted as part of the system. Right now we are not. We are not in the negotiations table where we should be, because we are not just acknowledged by Slams or anybody else.”
Djokovic has criticized the decision to strip Wimbledon of its points believing there is a better way to protect the rights of Russian and Belarussian players after they were banned by the event. Djokovic did not agree with the ban either but as a player who will lose 2000 points without a chance to get them, he wasn't thrilled by the stripping.
Even less so becaue he will lose the number one ranking to Medvedev. On the PTPA he further added:
“I just think the system has failed players so many times and that’s the reason why PTPA needs to exist, because when it comes down to this kind of big decisions, a lot of the players’ voices are not heard enough.”
It's hard to argue against that because players like him, Berrettini, Fucsovics and others certainly weren't consulted nor thought of during the decision making process.
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