{"id":389430,"date":"2026-01-05T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389430\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:29:08","slug":"novak-djokovic-quits-ptpa-amid-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389430\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic Quits PTPA Amid Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight:400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1424982\/novak-djokovic-on-jannik-sinners-steroid-ban?query=novak%20djokovic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>\u00a0is retreating to the baseline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">tennis<\/a> legend announced that \u201cafter careful consideration, \u201che is stepping away from the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), the organization he and fellow player\u00a0Vasek Pospisil\u00a0launched in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cThis decision comes after ongoing concerns regarding transparency, governance, and the way my voice and image have been represented,\u201d he continued in his Jan. 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DjokerNole\/status\/2007915011239551208?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">message shared to X<\/a>. \u201cI am proud of the vision that Vasek and I shared when founding the PTPA, giving players a stronger, independent voice &#8211; but it has become clear that my values and approach are no longer aligned with the current direction of the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">And while he noted he wishes the organization and the players involved the best, Novak plans to redirect his efforts to a different front<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI will continue to focus on my tennis, my family, and contributing to the sport in ways that reflect my principles and integrity,\u201d the 38-year-old said. \u201cBut for me, this chapter is now closed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic\u00a0is retreating to the baseline. The tennis legend announced that \u201cafter careful consideration, \u201che is stepping away&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-389430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}