A top 300 ATP player has taken to social media to express his concern over prize money offerings in the sport, calling for Novak Djokovic\u2019s Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) to help raise awareness of this issue.<\/b><\/p>\n
Karue Sell, who is a Brazilian tennis player, achieved his career-high ranking yesterday of\u00a0ATP\u00a0No.299 after reaching the semi-finals of the Las Vegas Challenger just over a week ago.<\/p>\n
However, the 30-year-old has still only earnt $61,183 in total prize money and has called for more to be done to help those lower down the rankings.<\/p>\n
Fortunately for Sell, the majority of his earnings seem to come from his social media presence, with a YouTube Channel of 143,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n
This is something that Sell acknowledged in his post on X (formerly known as Twitter), in a strongly worded message calling for more to be done.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday I broke 300 for the first time. Yet I\u2019d make more money working at McDonald\u2019s,\u201d claimed Sell, following up with a laughing emoji. \u201cI\u2019m ok because of my online work but I feel for my peers. The level is so high now all the way to 400 (at least), go watch a challenger. Tennis outgrew the conventional top 100.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cNot saying players need to make millions but they are being robbed across the board. Top 50 should make more, 100, 150, 200. There\u2019s money. Would love to see some real change here\u00a0@ptpaplayers\u00a0<\/span>Without a union players have no say. Just shut up and play.<\/p>\n \u201cStarts with the fact that players now compete for fewer points in challengers while atps gained points. It was done without any notice to players. Here is an email, now go f yourself. BTW [By the way]. I believe guys in the top 100 (not like 25) are underpaid too. Guy 50 should be making 2-3 million a year. Top top guys don\u2019t need but the middle pack needs more too.\u201d<\/p>\n