The remuneration system in professional circuits is increasingly under attack: players far from the top 100 struggle to pay their expenses. And the ATP takes action
“The salary system in the world of tennis is a failure. If we think that in a sport like this only 400 players can cover the expenses, for a global movement like ours it is a truly negligible figure.” If Novak Djokovic, the most successful tennis player and one of the richest athletes in history, says a phrase like this, it should at least make us reflect. The Serbian, with great frankness, spoke on a topic that has been talked about for years: the clear difference between great tennis players and good players in terms of earnings (presumed, for those who are not part of the top).