Player representative Pospisil on the French Open transfer - "This is insane"
Vasek Pospisil , one of the most eloquent representatives of his guild, can't do anything with the postponement of the French Open 2020 in September. The French Tennis Association simply decided over the heads of the players.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Mar 17, 2020, 06:12 pm
Two grand slam tournaments within five weeks - this is what the French tennis association FFT plans to do in autumn 2020. For that, tournaments like Metz, St. Petersburg or Chengdu fell off the ATP calendar. Anyone who knows the prize money from the four majors knows that most professionals would have argued for the event to be rescheduled - if the second option had been a cancellation.
The only problem is: If you go for a tweet from Vasek Pospisil, who is on the ATP player council, then the organizer, the FFT, didn't even agree on the new date with the ATP. It's simply a matter of facts.
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Something like this is pissing off Pospisil. The Canadian is considered to be one of the representatives who are most committed to the rights of the players - also and especially for those outside of the absolute top positions. That the calculation was now made without the most important protagonists, namely the players, will certainly have an aftermath. In any case, Pospisil calls on his colleagues to become even more involved.
One can also look forward to the reaction of Roger Federer , who actually wanted to hold the fourth edition of the Laver Cup in Boston from September 25 to 27, perhaps still wants to do so. There must be a lot of talking and negotiation in the coming weeks.