Craig Gabriel: Why Novak Djokovic’s breakaway tennis association is destined to fail – Wide World of Sports

In 1988 tennis had a historical moment. It was at this time of the year. It was at the US Open and the men players were restless with their lot in the sport. They felt they did not have enough say in the running of professional tennis and a louder voice was wanted. At that time tennis was administered by the MIPTC – Men’s International Professional Tennis Council which was based out of New York.
The ATP was more of a player union at that time and its new chief was a man named Hamilton Jordan wh…

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