The world number one reflects the economic complications that most players have.
Novak Djokovic He again gave something to talk about and not because of his performances on the field. In this case, the world number one made a rough reflection about the number of athletes who can earn from tennis from an economic point of view.
“There is a lot of talk about what US Open champions earn, but not about how many people can earn from tennis; adding men, women, double players”began Nole, who from New York took home a prize of three million dollars.
“There are about 400 tennis players who can earn from tenniswhich is very poor data for a sport as big as ours. It was a failure“which was launched at his meeting with the Association of Professional Players.
It was no coincidence that Djokovic’s words came out of his mouth. recently, An admission by Indian Sumit Nagal, number 159 in the ranking, drew attention. “If I look at my money in the bank I have what I had at the beginning of the year: 900 euros. I invest what I earn. I have no savingsI don’t have a big sponsor. Just enough to support myself“.
Returning to the winner of 24 Grand Slams, he assured that he was in the position of all tennis players who have financial problems: “I understand their struggle, I know the hardships they have to pay for travel, coaches, physiotherapists. If you don’t have the support of a strong federation you will have big problems. I’m from Serbia and I don’t have that.. Now that I have influence and power, I want to change it“.
Source: Tycsports
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