Walkouts to take place at Friday’s press conferences
Dispute with grand slams gone on for more than a year
The world’s top players are planning to protest over prize money by reducing their media appearances at the French Open as their public battle with the grand slams intensifies.
Players selected to take part in Friday’s opening press conference at Roland Garros will walk out after 15 minutes, symbolising that the slams allocate an average of 15% of their revenues to prize money. The rest of the draw will refuse to conduct additional interviews with the tournament’s main media rights partners, TNT Sports and Eurosport.
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Walkouts to take place at Friday’s press conferences Dispute with grand slams gone on for more than a year The world’s top players are planning to protest over prize money by reducing their media appearances at the Fr...
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