ATP boss backs Melbourne for Australian Open long haul

The Australian Open's future is safe, says the chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals. Video by AAP

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00:00Here the park is fantastic, the infrastructure is amazing, you have the city of Melbourne

00:06just a few miles away and the people are just great, this is a tennis country, there is

00:11a great history here and it's amazing, together with Paris, London and New York we have four

00:16great infrastructure and city for Grand Slam and I see no reason why we should change that.

00:21You've got a vision to bring sport together, one governance, why do you think that's so

00:25important?

00:27That's my vision and that's a dream, obviously I think in order to be competitive with the

00:31other sports and the other entertainment platform, tennis has to come together, we need to be

00:35able to put everyone in the same room and to make decisions in the best interest of

00:39the sports, both Grand Slams, players, WTA, ATP, ITF, everyone needs to get in the same

00:46room in order to ultimately provide a better experience to the fans, because the fans should

00:51be at the core and centre of our strategy and of our day to day focus.

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