Tennis Australia chief backs Roger Federer's proposal
Tennis Australia chief Craig Tiley backs Roger Federer's proposal to merge the men's and women's tours.
On Wednesday, the Swiss suggested this could be perfect time to do some major things.
Just wondering…..am I the only one thinking that now is the time for men’s and women’s tennis to be united and come together as one?
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) April 22, 2020
The seven key stakeholders of tennis are the ATP, WTA, ITF and the four Grand Slams.
"So is there a way where you bring those seven governing bodies together and you find a solution for a better a future, a future that puts more revenue into the system because the value's higher when combining the men and the women," Tiley told AAP on Thursday.
I am not talking about merging competition on the court, but merging the 2 governing bodies (ATP and WTA) that oversee the men’s and women’s professional tours….
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) April 22, 2020
"There's an opportunity to leverage off the asset of each other and success of each other.
"The objective of global sport should be ensuring that the lower-ranked players get paid more money, that there's more players making a living out of the game.
"So there has to be some sort of redistribution of the wealth or more revenue in the system - and more revenue in the system comes from aggregation and joining together."
19-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal also agreed with Federer's proposal.
Hey @rogerfederer as you know per our discussions I completely agree that it would be great to get out of this world crisis with the union of men's and women's tennis in one only organisation 🎾👍🏻 https://t.co/fTCfvMiU4G
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) April 22, 2020
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