Aryna Sabalenka has revealed she thinks top tennis stars will boycott Grand Slams \u201cat some point\u201d amid the prize money row involving the sport\u2019s four biggest tournaments.<\/p>\n
WTA world No 1 Sabalenka<\/a> was among a host of leading players who issued a statement criticising the prize money on offer at the 2026 French Open.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cPlayers\u2019 share of Roland Garros tournament revenue has declined from 15.5% in 2024 to 14.9% projected in 2026,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n \u201cAs Roland Garros looks to post record revenues, players are therefore receiving a declining share of the value they help create.<\/p>\n \u201cMore critically, the announcement does nothing to address the structural issues that players have consistently and reasonably raised over the past year.<\/p>\n \u201cThere has been no engagement on player welfare and no progress towards establishing a formal mechanism for player consultation within Grand Slam decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n Italian Open withdrawals: 15 players out as Marta Kostyuk latest big name on growing list<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n WTA Rankings Race To Riyadh: Rybakina No 1 as Sabalenka closes gap, Andreeva & Kostyuk jump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Women: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Jasmine Paolini, Emma Navarro, Zheng Qinwen, Paula Badosa and Mirra Andreeva.<\/p>\n Men: Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Alex De Minaur, Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n In April 2025, the same group of players co-signed and sent a letter to the four majors to demand a substantial increase in prize money at the events.<\/a><\/p>\n During her pre-tournament press conference at the 2026 Italian Open, Sabalenka made some strong comments as she addressed whether players could boycott the Slams.<\/p>\n \u201cI think at some point we will boycott it (Grand Slams), yeah,\u201d Sabalenka asserted.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like that\u2019s going to be the only way to fight for our rights.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s see how far we can get\u2026 if it\u2019s going to take players for boycott.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like nowadays, we girls can easily get together and go for this because some of the things, I feel like, it\u2019s really unfair to the players. I think at some point it\u2019s going to get to this.\u201d<\/p>\n The four-time Grand Slam champion went on to argue that players should receive a greater percentage of the revenue generated by the majors.<\/p>\n \u201cDefinitely when you see the number and you see the amount the players [are] receiving\u2026 I feel like the show is on us,\u201d said the 28-year-old Belarusian.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like without us, there wouldn\u2019t be a tournament and there wouldn\u2019t be that entertainment. I feel like definitely we deserve to be paid more percentage.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat can I say? I just really hope that all of the negotiation that we are having, we at some point are going to get to the right decision, to the conclusion that everyone will be happy with.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: WTA Italian Open draw: Gauff-Raducanu clash on cards; Eala could play Rybakina; Sabalenka, Swiatek learn fate<\/a> The post Aryna Sabalenka warns players \u2018will\u2019 boycott Grand Slams amid prize money row<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aryna Sabalenka has revealed she thinks top tennis stars will boycott Grand Slams \u201cat some point\u201d amid the prize money row involving the sport\u2019s four biggest tournaments. WTA world No 1 Sabalenka was among a host of leading players who issued a statement criticising the prize money on offer at the 2026 French Open. \u201cPlayers\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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