The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), founded by Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil, announced the formation of a new executive committee this week. The eight-member committee features some of the biggest names in the sport, including the likes of Ons Jabeur, Paula Badosa, and Hubert Hurkacz, leading to great appreciation from the tennis fan community.Both Djokovic and Pospisil will be part of the new leadership group within the PTPA, which also includes John Isner, Saisai Zheng, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, apart from Jabeur, Badosa, and Hurkacz. A list of core guiding principles, with a keen focus on players' rights and enabling them to have a bigger voice in decision-making in tennis going forward, accompanied the announcement of the new committee.Since its formation during the 2020 US Open, PTPA has faced great criticism for a lack of diversity and having a male-dominated leadership group, despite its goal of representing players from both the WTA and ATP circuits.Wednesday's announcement of the executive committee, which has equal representation from both tours, was welcomed by many fans, who believe the star-studded group will have a positive impact going forward."Couldn’t have put together a better list of Executive Committee members. Long live the PTPA!" a Twitter user expressed.दिविर जैन@divirj04Couldn’t have put together a better list of Executive Committee members. Long live the PTPA! twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayersThe PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession…191The PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession… https://t.co/mQ7a3u7nmYCouldn’t have put together a better list of Executive Committee members. Long live the PTPA! twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…"Some good developments here with diversity of names, prominent WTA Players, and importantly clarity on what they wish to accomplish. It’s taken quite a while, but no doubt this is a strong step forward," another fan expressed.Vansh@vanshv2kSome good developments here with diversity of names, prominent WTA Players, and importantly clarity on what they wish to accomplish. It’s taken quite a while, but no doubt this is a strong step forward. twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayersThe PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession…16137The PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession… https://t.co/mQ7a3u7nmYSome good developments here with diversity of names, prominent WTA Players, and importantly clarity on what they wish to accomplish. It’s taken quite a while, but no doubt this is a strong step forward. twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Here are a few more reactions from tennis fans to the new developments in Novak Djokovic's PTPA:Novica K@krivono@ptpaplayers @Ons_Jabeur @JohnIsner @DjokerNole @VasekPospisil @matteksands @Zheng_Saisai @HubertHurkacz Great group of players. Very happy that WTAis equally represented. Looking forward to next steps.10@ptpaplayers @Ons_Jabeur @JohnIsner @DjokerNole @VasekPospisil @matteksands @Zheng_Saisai @HubertHurkacz Great group of players. Very happy that WTAis equally represented. Looking forward to next steps.Vansh@Vanshagar24I’ve been very critical of the PTPA as being almost a useless organization for doing a lot of talking but no action in the last 2 years. All I’ve seen is them putting out statements and most of the time not early enough on major issues. But this is a development. Let’s see twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayersThe PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession…5137The PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession… https://t.co/mQ7a3u7nmYI’ve been very critical of the PTPA as being almost a useless organization for doing a lot of talking but no action in the last 2 years. All I’ve seen is them putting out statements and most of the time not early enough on major issues. But this is a development. Let’s see twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Susy 💕 Kichu@SusyindriePTPA: embracing growth through diversity. twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayersThe PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession…12137The PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession… https://t.co/mQ7a3u7nmYPTPA: embracing growth through diversity. twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Tennis Otherwise@OtherwiseTennisRight on time and a way to go - tennis players are not your gladiators, puppets to the sponsors to make them and break them and feed them to The Global Mob! It has been some years it resembles the Roman Circus, time has come to embrace the XXI century #PTPA twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayersThe PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession…810137The PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession… https://t.co/mQ7a3u7nmYRight on time 🙌 and a way to go - tennis players are not your gladiators, puppets to the sponsors to make them and break them and feed them to The Global Mob! It has been some years it resembles the Roman Circus, time has come to embrace the XXI century #PTPA twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…ryan@holdenthebluesA group of the most likable people in the history of tennis. If the PTPA wasn't a noble cause, there's absolutely no chance this great bunch would come together twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayersThe PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession…34137The PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession… https://t.co/mQ7a3u7nmYA group of the most likable people in the history of tennis. If the PTPA wasn't a noble cause, there's absolutely no chance this great bunch would come together twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…John Horn@SportsHornJabeur is a big get for the PTPA...good balance here #ATP #WTA #AusOpen twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayersThe PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession…6137The PTPA is proud to announce its first-ever Executive Committee and Official Principles. Read More: ptpaplayers.com/the-profession… https://t.co/mQ7a3u7nmYJabeur is a big get for the PTPA...good balance here #ATP #WTA #AusOpen twitter.com/ptpaplayers/st…#No1efam forever💗🐊🇵🇭@mscheers@ptpaplayers @Ons_Jabeur @JohnIsner @DjokerNole @VasekPospisil @matteksands @Zheng_Saisai @HubertHurkacz This is a most welcome development. Though we tennis fans may prefer one player over the others, we love the sport that we want all players to be treated with respect, fairness and equality. We hope PTPA delivers and achieves its goals and objectives.5@ptpaplayers @Ons_Jabeur @JohnIsner @DjokerNole @VasekPospisil @matteksands @Zheng_Saisai @HubertHurkacz This is a most welcome development. Though we tennis fans may prefer one player over the others, we love the sport that we want all players to be treated with respect, fairness and equality. We hope PTPA delivers and achieves its goals and objectives.shyam@DhonifiedRebel@ptpaplayers @Ons_Jabeur @JohnIsner @DjokerNole @VasekPospisil @matteksands @Zheng_Saisai @HubertHurkacz Consequential step from eight of most likeable and honest bunch out there.@ptpaplayers @Ons_Jabeur @JohnIsner @DjokerNole @VasekPospisil @matteksands @Zheng_Saisai @HubertHurkacz Consequential step 👏 from eight of most likeable and honest bunch out there."It needs to be there because players don't have 100 percent representation" - Novak Djokovic on PTPANovak Djokovic trains ahead of the 2023 Australian Open.Novak Djokovic recently stressed why the PTPA is important. The Serbian great said that players on both ATP and WTA tours still do not have full representation and only the PTPA can provide them with the same. "It needs to be there because players don't have 100 percent representation in the tennis world, unfortunately. With the association they have that," the Serb said in a recent press conference.He further said that he hopes to see more players truly understand the objectives of the organization founded by himself and Pospisil and how much it can help them."Hopefully more players will be showing the willingness to understand what PTPA can do for them," he added.The former World No. 1 also highlighted that the project has taken longer than expected as the PTPA does not have support from the governing bodies. Having said that, Djokovic suggested that the PTPA will not back down."It's a process that will take a longer time just because we are not getting credibility from other governing bodies, so it will take longer, but we'll stay there, and it's something that hopefully can stay for many decades to come," the 21-time Grand Slam champion added.