Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz pushed back on a lawsuit against the ATP tour that was submitted on Wednesday by the tennis players led by Novak Djokovic, and said that he does not support the move. The Spaniard world number three, who opened open before the Miami, said that he had not received any notification of the legal affairs of the Professional Tennis Players' Association (PTPA) or the highly formulated statement issued on Tuesday. “To be honest, it was surprising for me, because nobody told me nothing about it, so I was just, yesterday, I saw in social media,” said Alcaraz.
The PTPA entry quotes an Alcaraz computer from a press conference in which he criticized the tour schedule and the player said he was not aware of that decision.
“I saw that there were some statements that they made something that I said in the press conference, which I did not know. I do not support that letter that I did not support that, because, as I said, I knew nothing about it,” he added.
Alcaraz said he had mixed opinions about the nature of the complaint that is a broad criticism of the way the sport is run by the ATP and the WTA Tour.
“There are some things that I agree with, there are other things I don't agree with, but the most important thing here is that I don't support that, so that's it,” he said.
The PTPA was founded by Djokovic and Canada's Vasek Pospisil in 2020. About 20 players were mentioned as part of at least one of the actions.
“The lawsuits set systemic abuse, anti-competitive practices and a blatant contempt for the well-being of players who have existed for decades,” said the PTPA statement.
“The ATP, WTA, ITF and ITIA work as a cartel by implementing a number of Draconian, interlocking anti-competitive disabilities and insulting practices.”
The ATP and WTA, together with the International Tennis Federation and the tennis integrity body ITIA, all defended themselves against the claim and rejected the charges.
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