Asian Tennis Federation

NEW DELHI:  Asian Tennis Federation on Monday said it did not seek to set up a parallel structure to the ATP Challenger events in the region and was only looking to give more opportunities to players for improving their rankings and earnings.

ATF president Anil Khanna had asked for 8 to 10 Closed Challengers in every region of the world "to ensure that there is no discrimination against any region."

The ATP Tour will not increase its quota of Asian players in events held on the continent despite threats by Asia's tennis body to pull out of the tour and start its own rebel circuit, a tour official said.
 
Brad Drewett, a senior ATP official, said the global men's circuit would not bow to a demand by the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) that 25% of the field in every event on the continent be comprised of Asian players.
 
"We have rules in place based on merit, and we have no plans to change them," Drewett told Reuters in an interview.