Organisers sue ATP Tour

ByEurosport

Published 10/04/2007 at 06:28 GMT

Organisers of the Monte Carlo Masters have announced that they are suing the ATP Tour over plans to downgrade the event's status. The anti-trust lawsuit filed in the US State of Delaware, where the headquarters of men's tennis is based, follows a similar

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Monte Carlo Masters Series tournament director Zeljko Franulovic said they would do everything in their power to protect their tournament.

"Today marks a sad day for tennis when we are forced to take legal action against our own representative body in a bid to prevent them from destroying more than 100 years of tennis history for their own financial profit and at the expense of amateurs of tennis, players, tournament organisers and sponsors," he said.

The German Tennis Federation announced last week they were taking action against the ATP to defend the interests of the Hamburg Masters.

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