A lawyer for the German Tennis Federation argued the ATP Tour violated antitrust laws in a reorganization that would relegate a Hamburg tournament to second-tier status. The federation’s claims that the Association of Tennis Professionals’ planned tournament restructuring attempts to monopolize player commitments and tournament sanctions in men’s professional tennis. The plaintiffs say that the tournament reorganization plan is the result of collusion among officers for ATP and owners of certain favored tournaments acting in their own self-interests. “I don’t think the players realize the seriousness of it,” said Bob Bryan, a former member of the ATP’s Player Council, who, with his twin, Mike, is ranked No. 2 in the world in doubles. “Financially, it would be a killer, Potentially it maybe could dissolve the ATP.”…read article…