Richard Pagliaro | @tennis_now | Friday, March 21, 2025
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Coco Gofu Say she doesn’t know the details of the PTPA lawsuit filed against ATP, WTA and ITF.
After defeating the Double Jill to his compatriots Sofia KenningGoff said she supports players in getting bigger income pie in the game.
“I don’t have any information [the PTPA lawsuit] I can share, but, you know, I’m all about making the sport better and trying to make it better,” Goff said in Miami. “But I don’t know the details of it, to be honest.
“I just saw it on Instagram two days ago, but didn’t really study it.”
lead Novak Djokovicinvestment banker Bill Akerman and Canada Vasek Pospisil, The PTPA filed a lawsuit in the federal court in New York and in the UK and the EU on Tuesday.
More: PTPA filed lawsuits against ATP, WTA, ITF
The lawsuit says the ATP, WTA and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) are actively engaged in corrupt business practices that limit players’ ability to make money and limit their careers.
The ATP will make the lawsuit baseless.
Goff says that when you compare tennis to other sports, players earn less money by comparison.
“I think the biggest thing for me is not fairness, but the percentage of income and bonuses,” Goff told the Miami media. “Obviously, for women, we can play as much as we can with men on the same terms as we can.
“But, I mean, there’s another thing, just that I think we can improve on the visibility and things like that. I think on that side, that’s going to be the biggest thing.”
Still, Dela Beach Baseliner, who celebrated her 21st birthday on March 13, said the point is important. Goff said she thanked the fact that she could travel the world, play the sport she liked and get well paid for it.
“I can’t sit here and complain, either. Like, I’m a professional athlete.” “I can do what I love.
“I’m an athlete. Some people do more difficult things in this world.
“Yes, I mean, if we want to compare it to other sports, but if you want to compare it to other things in your life, I wouldn’t sit here and complain.”
