ジョコビッチ 選手会訴訟への不参加を説明

【マイアミガーデンズ（米国）ＡＦＰ＝時事】男子テニスのノバク・ジョコビッチ（セルビア）は２０日、自身が設立したプロテニス選手協会（ＰＴＰＡ）による各統括団体への法的措置から距離を置く姿勢を示し、若手選手に立ち上がるよう呼び掛けた。訴訟内容にはいくつか同意できない点があると述べている。（写真は男子テニスのノバク・ジョコビッチ）
　四大大会（グランドスラム）通算２４勝を誇るジョコビッチは、マイアミ・オープンの記者会見で、「これは典型的な訴訟で、弁護士同士がやり取りするようなものだ」と述べ、「正直に言うと、訴状の中には賛成する部分もあれば、賛成しない部分もある」と続けた。
　ジョコビッチは、２０２０年にバセック・ポスピシル（カナダ）と共同でＰＴＰＡを設立したが、１８日に提出された訴状の中に名前が挙がった２０人には含まれていなかった。
　今回の法的措置から自分の名前を外す理由の一部として、他のトップ選手に対して声を上げる必要があるというメッセージを送るためだとしており、選手会での自身の役割を強調した上で、「一般論として自分は書簡に署名する必要はないと感じた。それは、他の選手に一歩前進してほしいからだ。自分はずっとテニスの政治に非常に積極的に関わってきた」と述べた。
　「いくつかの変化を見てきたが、まだ根本的な変化が必要だと感じている。ＰＴＰＡを含めて、すべての統括団体が一緒にこれらの問題を解決することを心から望んでいる」
　１９日にはカルロス・アルカラス（スペイン）が今回の訴訟に賛成しないことを表明したが、ジョコビッチはトップ選手には下位の選手のために変革に取り組む責任があると述べ、「今もそうしているように、私がこの問題について何か言うことを大勢が期待している」「話すことは構わないが、各ツアーや次世代における現在のリーダーたちが先頭に立ち、これらの問題が彼らにとって重要であることを理解してほしい。それは（トップの）選手たちだけでなく、彼らが代表する他の選手たちにとって重要なんだ」と語った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/03/21-17:37）

Novak Djokovic has sought to create some distance between himself and the legal action taken against the ATP and WTA tours by the players' union he formed, calling on younger players to take a stand.
Djokovic said on Thursday that there are some things in the lawsuit from the Professional Tennis Players' Association (PTPA) that he disagrees with and also expressed some discomfort with the language used.
This is a classic lawsuit, so lawyers to lawyers type of situations, Djokovic told a press conference at the Miami Open.
So to be quite frank with you, there are things that I agree with in the lawsuit and there are also things that I don't agree with.
I found that maybe some wording was quite strong in there. But I guess the legal team knows what they're doing and what kind of terminology they're supposed to use in order to get the right effect, he added.
The record 24-time Grand Slam winner co-founded the PTPA in 2020 with Canadian Vasek Pospisil but noticeably was not among the 20 players named in Tuesday's legal filing.
The Serbian said the PTPA had changed over the five years since it's founding.
It's has grown into organization that has full time employees. I think it has around 30 people right now working day-to-day.
So they make a lot of different decisions and initiatives moving forward. And I am in an executive committee, but I'm not in power or influence, so I don't have a veto over decisions or actions that they take, he explained.
But Djokovic said part of his motivation for keeping his name off the legal action was to send a message to other top players that they needed to begin to speak out.
- Step up -
In general, I felt like I don't need to sign the letter because I want other players to step up. I've been very active in tennis politics, he said, noting his role over years in the players' council.
I've tried to do my very best during my very active career when I was playing the most matches in my career and didn't have so much time and energy.
But nevertheless, I felt that it's also my responsibility in my role to try to use the influence and the role to support players and to fight for their rights and it's been almost 20 years that I've been on the tour.
I've seen some changes, but you know there's some fundamental changes there are still yet to be made and I really hope that all the governing bodies including PTPA will come together and solve these issues, he said.
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz said on Wednesday that he did not agree with the lawsuit but Djokovic said top players had a responsibility to work for change for those lower down the ranks.
You know, a lot of the people have always been relying on me to say something about this matter as I'm doing right now.
And I don't mind talking about it, but I would like to see the current leaders on the respective tours and the future generations...to take a lead and to understand that these issues are important for them. And for the players, not just for them, but also for the other players that they're representing, he said.
(Even) if you're not part of the PTPA or whatever, if you're not part of any body that represents players, you still, as a top player, you're regarded, celebrated from so many hundreds or thousands of professional tennis players around the world.
I personally feel that there's a responsibility and accountability that comes with that.
You have to carry that weight with you, you have to always remember that you were also in their shoes and, you know, we all know how hard is in the first year, second year of professional tennis trying to break through, he said.