{"id":230457,"date":"2025-10-21T17:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230457\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:42:08","slug":"andy-roddick-tells-novak-djokovic-he-needs-to-clarify-his-recent-comments-on-the-current-state-of-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230457\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick tells Novak Djokovic he needs to clarify his recent comments on the current state of tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Novak Djokovic is not one to shy away from his feelings, and he\u2019s often played the role of the villain because of that approach.<\/p>\n

WTA ace Aryna Sabalenka thinks Djokovic is \u201cvery open\u201d<\/a>, which he certainly was when speaking about the current state of tennis at the Joy Forum earlier this month.<\/p>\n

ATP star Djokovic aired his concerns about tennis<\/a> when speaking at the event in Riyadh, having been in the Saudi Arabian capital for the Six Kings Slam.<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/a> detailed how he founded the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) with fellow player Vasek Pospisil, about which he claimed: \u201cNow we have the PTPA, but still we don\u2019t have a seat at the table where the decisions are being made. That\u2019s the downside of our sport and the way it\u2019s structured. The system is as it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The comments have now been analysed by Andy Roddick, who reached world number one and won one Grand Slam title during his career on the court.<\/p>\n

He said of Djokovic\u2019s comments on his Served podcast: \u201cIs it the monopoly of the Tour or the Slams or all the above? You say system, but specifically which system? You say monopoly, but specifically which monopoly?<\/p>\n

\u201cJust frankly speaking, I think Novak is extremely well intentioned and the players in the locker room have grown to really love and adore this guy as a leader in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut also if he wants to come out and say some things, let\u2019s say it. This thing has been around for a long time now. Let\u2019s just come out and say it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the thing that I need when I am trying to get on board. I think there needs to be a union but I just think that the players need to decide who is that for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you can start a union and then say we represent you, I don\u2019t think that is the way that it works and it hasn\u2019t worked for the PTPA.\u201d<\/p>\n

What happened between the PTPA and the ATP and WTA tours earlier this year?<\/p>\n

As Roddick mentioned, Djokovic has undoubtedly gained the respect of his fellow players in the locker room, and indeed many outside of the entire sporting world itself.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s given so much to the sport for so long, and has reaped the rewards, with 24 Grand Slam titles among his career achievements.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Leading ATP and WTA players call for major change across all four Grand Slams with letter sent<\/a><\/p>\n

But the veteran is clearly unhappy with the current situation of his beloved sport, a situation he evidently wants to change.<\/p>\n

Whether or not change will happen remains to be seen, but the situation did reach a breaking point earlier this year when the PTPA filed a lawsuit against the ATP and WTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Notably, Djokovic did not attach his name to the lawsuit, which featured privacy rights, the unsustainable schedule and player disregard among other issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Novak Djokovic is not one to shy away from his feelings, and he\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[17739,753,64,63,3592,85,747],"class_list":["post-230457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-andy-roddick","tag-atp","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}