The French Open, the second major tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year, has sparked a dispute between players and management over prize money, so women’s players are likely to boycott the game.
The dispute between the players and the management over the prize money is intensifying and several major players have issued a joint statement in this regard.
World number one player Irina Sabalenka from Belarus and American player Kokogoff threatened to boycott the Open.
According to the statement, the prize money is expected to be less than 15 percent of the total revenue of the tournament.
Women’s tennis number one Irina Sabalenka says the players will boycott the event if the French Open prize money is not increased.
Irina Sabalenka said in her statement that at some point we will boycott this tournament, this is the only way to fight for our rights.
He said that I think this is unfair to the players, I hope that we will reach a result in the negotiations that will make everyone happy, I believe that we should share more.
According to the news agency, this time the prize of the tournament has increased by 9.5 percent and reached 72.19 million dollars.
It is worth remembering that the prize for the US Open is 90 million dollars, Wimbledon is 72.51 million dollars, and the Australian Open is 80.06 million dollars.
