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Should the ATP and the WTA merge?

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

In April 2020, just after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Roger Federer floated the idea of merging the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the governing bodies of men’s and women’s tennis, respectively. Billie Jean King founded the WTA in 1973 after failing to persuade the men to create […]

The faults in tennis

June 5, 2022June 5, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The power struggles are partly due to the lack of a cohesive organisational structure The power struggles are partly due to the lack of a cohesive organisational structure Even as a real war rages on, tennis seems to be at war with itself. The recent Wimbledon row has opened a wide fissure in an already […]