This is a fine piece of reporting, sorely lacking in tennis journalism elsewhere as far as I can tell. I've yet to see anyone else be specific about how other sports are handling similar cases, while they slag the ATP for its tepid responses, much less share concrete actions they believe can legally be made by the various associations in the tennis world. Well done.
I am very surprised you haven’t mentioned just how fraught this entire process is. Remember Ched Evans. Convicted in full public eye, life, career ruined, and then acquitted in a retrial.
Also, there are currently 2 footballers on trial, or at least accused, Mendy and Bissouma, because the victims went to the police, which makes for an easier situation for sporting authorities to suspend players.
The current tennis cases are far trickier, precisely because one accuser chose the court of social media/journalism to air her story, and the other one taking/took place in a country whose laws the tennis authorities have no jurisdiction over, and the alleged abuse didn’t take place during tournaments.
Ps, it was Geneva, not Basel.
Historically, tennis has failed junior players with abusive, coercive parents, so I’m not expecting a comprehensive policy shift any time soon.
This is a fine piece of reporting, sorely lacking in tennis journalism elsewhere as far as I can tell. I've yet to see anyone else be specific about how other sports are handling similar cases, while they slag the ATP for its tepid responses, much less share concrete actions they believe can legally be made by the various associations in the tennis world. Well done.
I am very surprised you haven’t mentioned just how fraught this entire process is. Remember Ched Evans. Convicted in full public eye, life, career ruined, and then acquitted in a retrial.
Also, there are currently 2 footballers on trial, or at least accused, Mendy and Bissouma, because the victims went to the police, which makes for an easier situation for sporting authorities to suspend players.
The current tennis cases are far trickier, precisely because one accuser chose the court of social media/journalism to air her story, and the other one taking/took place in a country whose laws the tennis authorities have no jurisdiction over, and the alleged abuse didn’t take place during tournaments.
Ps, it was Geneva, not Basel.
Historically, tennis has failed junior players with abusive, coercive parents, so I’m not expecting a comprehensive policy shift any time soon.