The PTPA are looking for a Grand Slam in court. 🧑⚖️
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The Professional Tennis Players' Association, co-founded by Novak Djokovic, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the women's and men's tours, the International Tennis Federation, and the sport's integrity agency. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in New York, refers to the biggest governing bodies in tennis as a “cartel.” 👀
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The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, March 18, in New York City, London, and Brussels, accuses the four governing bodies of multiple antitrust violations. The filing in these cities reflects their global influence, to challenge the fundamental structure of one of the world’s most popular sports. 🫢
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The PTPA lawsuit claims tennis governing bodies hold “complete control” over players’ pay and conditions, and their setup constitutes “textbook violations of state and federal law” that “immunize professional tennis from ordinary market forces and deny professional tennis players and other industry parti...