PARIS.- Tennis figures plan to intensify in Wimbledon their protest against a distribution of income that they consider unfair in their sport and announced this Wednesday that their press conferences for the first week of the London tournament will be limited to fifteen minutes.
In their text they explain that this duration refers to the percentage of income they now receive (a little less than 15%) from the large tournaments.
In Roland Garrosthe tennis players’ protest was limited to the press conferences prior to the start of the tournament, those of the traditional “Media Day”.
“After exhaustive consultations with the players of both circuits (ATP and WTA), their representatives wrote to the Wimbledon management to inform them of the proposed action, while applauding the 20% increase in the amount of financial allocations in relation to the previous edition of the tournament,” they wrote in their text.
For the 2026 edition of Wimbledon, which begins on Monday, June 29, the endowment reaches a record level of 64.2 million pounds ($84.5 million) compared to last year’s 53.5 million pounds.
It is “by far the largest annual increase in the tournament’s history,” Wimbledon organizers announced this month.
In their letter on Wednesday, the tennis players recall that last year they proposed that the global endowment be raised this year to 71 million pounds ($93.4 million).
At Roland Garros, several tennis players explained that the protest undertaken was not against journalists.
“It’s not against you, we’re just fighting for a fairer percentage,” explained the number one in women’s tennis, the Belarusian. Aryna Sabalenka.
Cerúndolo advances to the quarter-finals in Eastbourne
Argentine tennis will be represented in the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament Eastbourne ATP 250 (United Kingdom) after the victory this Wednesday in the second round of Juan Manuel Cerúndolo about the premises Arthur Feryby 6-2 and 7-6 (7/2).
The youngest of the Cerúndolo brothers, 45th in the ATP ranking and surprise at the last Roland Garros after reaching the round of 16, leaving the world number one on the way Jannik Sinnerwill face another English player in his next match on British grass, Toby Samuel (142nd), who entered the main draw as a lucky loser from the previous phase.
Juanma Cerúndolo’s older brother, Francis (21st in the world), was proclaimed champion on Sunday in one of the emblematic grass tournaments in the United Kingdom, Queen’s.
Samuel defeated an Argentinian in his second round match in Eastbourne, Thiago Agustín Tirante (54th), which he beat 6-1 and 7-6 (9/7).
