Having stolen the show for most of the first week, Marat Safin exited the French Open fourth round on Monday with a call for some of the more outspoken players of the past to save the game.
"You should seat a couple of ex-players like (John) McEnroe, (Mats) Wilander, (Yannick) Noah would be good too, to discuss what we can do and start all over again, start from scratch," said Safin after losing 7-5 6-4 6-7 6-3 to Argentina's David Nalbandian.
The Russian's comments followed remarks he made last week after being handed a point penalty for pulling down his shorts during his second-round match against Felix Mantilla.
Furious about the decision, he slammed tennis authorities for penalising entertainers like him.
The former world number one, who also swore at the chair umpire in Spanish during his win against Mantilla, complained about rules banning verbal or racket abuse on court.
"You have not seen the soccer players, we're pretty decent compared to them. NHL, NFL, NBA players are using a lot of good words, good English too," he said.
"Try to do our job and you'll see how you react. You play four hours on court, and you get a penalty point from a person who never touched a racket in his entire life.
{{/usCountry}}"Try to do our job and you'll see how you react. You play four hours on court, and you get a penalty point from a person who never touched a racket in his entire life.
{{/usCountry}}"There are a lot of problems inside the (tennis) organisations. Nobody is responsible for anything, basically. And the persons suffering from it are the players.
"There are too many associations, too many different stories. The people upstairs sitting in their office just don't know," Safin added.
"You cannot satisfy all 1,500 tennis players, you should make strong positions."