Carlos Alcaraz weighs in on Professional Tennis Players Association's legal case

The tennis world is reeling from a legal case brought by the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) against the governing bodies of tennis, but it is now clear the rebels don't have the support of French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Founded by Djokovic and Canada's Vasek Pospisil in 2021, the PTPA claims it is on a mission to improve conditions for players at all levels of the professional game.

The PTPA has tried and failed to make an impact in the sport over the last four years, as they claim their efforts to introduce positive changes for players have been blocked by the ATP and WTA Tours, with their legal case also including the International Tennis Federation and the International Tennis Integrity Agency, which oversees the sport's anti-doping and anti-corruption system.

Twelve current and former players, including Pospisil and Nick Kyrgios, are listed as plaintiffs along with the PTPA in the US suit in New York.

A statement read: "Following years of good-faith efforts to reform professional tennis, the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) has taken decisive legal action.

"Today, the PTPA, alongside over a dozen professional tennis players and on behalf of the entire player population, and renowned international law firm and historical player advocates Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, initiated a series of legal actions in the US, UK and EU against the sport's governing bodies â- the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA), International Tennis Federation (ITF), and International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).

"The lawsuits expose systemic abuse, anti-competitive practices, and a blatant disregard for player welfare that have persisted for decades."

Now Alcaraz has given his verdict on the legal action, as he insisted he had no knowledge of the case prior to it being announced and he also confirmed he does not support it.

"Honestly it was surprising for me because honestly, no one told me anything about it," said Alcaraz ahead of his first match at the Miami Open.

"Yesterday I saw on social media that there were statements. Like, they put something that I said in a press conference which I didn't know."

"Honestly I don't support that letter. l don't support that because I didn't know anything about it. There are some things that I agree with, there are some other things that I don't agree with. The main thing here is that I'm not supporting that."

Kyrgios insisted he has no regrets putting his name on the lawsuit, as he insisted change needs to come in the sport.

"I felt like people knew that something was going on behind the scenes for a long time," he told Sky Sports.

"Myself, Pospisil, Djokovic, we all wanted to do something like this for the future of tennis. I know myself and many other players aren't happy with the structures and everything that's going on in tennis at the moment. This will be a special moment in tennis for sure. Things needed to change.

"The PTPA's first goal was to get the players to be heard. I feel like we don't get heard. The ATP just has so much power and they don't have to show anything to anyone.

"Now this is where things like this will have to change, they'll have to show things and how things operate and that's when people will really realise it hasn't really been done correctly over the last however many years."

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