{"id":14035,"date":"2012-08-30T03:25:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T01:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/tennis-australian-open-boycott-unlikely-change-inevitable\/"},"modified":"2012-08-30T03:25:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T01:25:26","slug":"tennis-australian-open-boycott-unlikely-change-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tennis-australian-open-boycott-unlikely-change-inevitable\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Australian Open boycott unlikely, change inevitable"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Simon Cambers<\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW YORK<\/span> Aug 29 (Reuters) – Leading tennis players say they
\nare unlikely to boycott the Australian Open over a row about
\nprize money, but feel change is inevitable.<\/p>\n

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The male players are united in their belief that the four
\ngrand slam events – Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, French Open and
\nAustralian Open – should give them a greater percentage of
\noverall tournament revenue.<\/p>\n

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Prize money at the grand slams varies between 11 and 16
\npercent and the ATP players’ council, with Roger Federer as its
\npresident, met on the eve of the U.S. Open to discuss the
\nissues.<\/p>\n

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But though rumours emerged of a possible boycott, Olympic
\nchampion Andy Murray said he thought that would not be the right
\nway to go.<\/p>\n

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“The majority of players want to see a change in the grand
\nslams but who knows what’s going to happen,” Murray told
\nreporters. “I hope it doesn’t come down to that. I think that’s
\nbad for everybody, really.”<\/p>\n

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Former world number one Andy Roddick, like Murray one of the
\nleading campaigners for increased revenue, said all the players
\nwere on the same page but that change is likely to take time.<\/p>\n

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“I’m on board with whatever the contemporaries come up with
\n(but) at this point it’s the same old song,” the American said.<\/p>\n

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“The ATP, the ITF, powers that be, are betting against us
\nbeing able to unify, they have been getting away with that
\ngamble for 25 years and we haven’t proved them wrong yet. That’s
\nwhere we stand.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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