As Some Tennis Players Sue ATP Now FFT Tries to Ban Union from French Open May 18

As Some Tennis Players Sue ATP Now FFT Tries to Ban Union from French Open May 18 by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 15  – Some players on the tennis tour sued the ATP - then alleged that the ATP was threatening those who sued, and pressuring others to sign a petition against the lawsuit. The motion was hearing on April 11 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Margaret M. Garnett. Inner City Press was there, live tweeting. Thread. A week later, in the run-up to ruling, ATP made its post-hearing submission including that "With respect to Jay Clarke, Mr. Pospisil testified that Mr. Clarke withdrew because of pressure from an unnamed sponsor, not ATP." Which sponsor? ATP filing on Patreon here. On April 23 the ATP defendants wrote in seeking to delay the May 8 initial pre-trial conference until the second half of June - and noted that the plaintiffs / players oppose any delay. Filing on Patreon here. On May 15, 2026 the plaintiffs, PTPA, filed an emergency motion with Judge Garnett, complaining that the Federation Francaise de Tennis is trying to ban the PTPA from access players at the French Open, which started May 18. (The All England is trying to do the same for the British Open later, according to declarations by Anastasia Stavronskaia and Romain Rosenberg, and email from Kildine Chevalier, Gilles Moretton and Stephane Morel at Stade Roland Garros and Joanne Simons at Wimbledon.) Full FFT email on Patreon here. Judge Garnett gave the Federations and ATP until May 18 to respond. Watch this site. The case is Pospisil, et al. v. ATP Tour, Inc. et al., 1:25-cv-2207 (Garnett) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com