Ljubicic resigns

Ivan Ljubicic quit his role as a player representative on the board of the ATP men’s tennis tour and wants Roger Federer to replace him.


“I would love Roger to do it but I don’t know whether he’d like to spend so much time in politics.” he stated.

Rumours say that a favoured candidate to replace the Croatian as a player representative is Benito Pérez-Barbadillo, who represents the media interests of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro

The former world No.3 worked in the job for five months, but after becoming father two months ago, the Croat decided he wants to concentrate more on his family and tennis career.

“I have a family and I still want to play a lot of tennis,” the Croat said. “This was my No. 3 priority and I don’t feel like the guys deserved this. I would love to come back when my career slows down a bit.”

“Ivan has given huge amounts of time and effort in the last year to his role as a player board representative and we fully understand and support his reasons for standing down.” the executive chairman Adam Helfant said in an ATP statement.

~jachal