Roger Federer reacts during his match against Tennys Sandgren at the Australian Open in Melbourne January 28, 2020. — Reuters pic
The Swiss great’s idea for one “stronger body” received an enthusiastic response from King, Nadal and leading women’s players such as former Wimbledon champions Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova and Garbine Muguruza, but controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios expressed reservations. “I agree, and have been saying so since the early 1970s. One voice, women and men together... Let’s make it happen,” she tweeted.
World number two and reigning Wimbledon champion Halep agreed, tweeting that Federer was “not the only one” thinking along those lines, while Muguruza added, “Yes, would be a good idea”. “It was not just a comment like that, there is more talk behind that. Gaudenzi at the ATP was already talking about it,” he said during an Instagram Live with 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert.