Twitter account announcing their advisory board and public communications firm, ANACHEL Communications Inc., as well as their website and social channels. They also launched their own website, www.ptpaplayers.com, which includes their mission and value statements, list of advisory board members, player stories, and an FAQ page to answer all questions those may have about the association. The official launch of the PTPA was concluded with a global press conferencethat included the founders of the association, Vasek Pospisil and Novak Djokovic, the executive director of the PTPA, Adam Larry, and CEO of ANACHEL Communications Inc., Carrie Gerlach Cecil. The press conference was opened to all tennis writers around the world and was livestreamed on YouTube for all to see. Response Milos Raonic stated his intention to join the group: Raonic has expressed his displeasure with Andrea Gaudenzi, the chairman of the ATP on the body's handling of the COVID crisis. Speaking after his semifinal win at the Cincinnati Masters held in New York due to the pandemic, Raonic said: "Players have had plenty of time to think and reflect and take a look at certain parts which they may not be happy with and discuss...A lot of us were kept in the dark by our leadership for six months. We were disappointed with many things. I voiced my opinion on many things, such as ... executives in other sports taking pay cuts to support us. As tennis players, we weren’t making a dime for months and months. ... Lower guys weren’t making a dime," Raonic said. "But our executives were staying home and didn’t feel it necessary to take any pay cuts. I pushed for that on every single phone call we had". Gaudenzi was critical of the PTPA and said that "You have what other athletes in other sports would strive for — a seat at the boardroom table. That is what players fought for in the creation of the ATP Tour...It makes no sense why you would be better served by shifting your role from the inside to the outside of the governance structure". Pospisil said in a statement that it was "very difficult, if not impossible, to have any significant impact on any major decisions made by our tour" and that "Our voices will finally be heard and we will soon have an impact on decisions that affect our lives and livelihoods". In response, the ATP, the WTA,