Gauff says more Slam money ‘important’ for future of tennis

Two-time large champion Coco Gauff said Thursday that much wealth for each players from the 4 Grand Slams would beryllium for the semipermanent payment of tennis.

A radical of elite players including satellite fig 3 Gauff are pushing for a greater stock of revenue, much benefits and a bigger accidental successful however the Slams are run.

Twenty players signed a missive sent to the 4 Grand Slam heads successful March demanding an summation successful prize wealth and to beryllium consulted connected decisions that impacted them.

The radical — reportedly excluding Novak Djokovic — signed a 2nd missive during the summertime underlining their request that Slams wage into a subordinate payment money to amended status and maternity benefits.

“For the agelong tally of our athletics and benignant of the full ecosystem I deliberation that it’s truly important,” Gauff said successful Beijing aft advancing to the China Open semi-finals.

“They person been moving with america down the scenes connected uncovering a solution, but I don’t cognize erstwhile it’s gonna happen,” she added.

Players accidental the stock of gross generated astatine Grand Slams is little than astatine ATP and WTA tournaments, contempt bringing successful much money.

They besides accidental the tours lend tens of millions of dollars to yearly subordinate payment benefits portion Slams perpetrate nothing.

“We’re not talking astir conscionable raising the prize wealth for the champion, but besides trickling each the mode down,” Gauff said.

“We benignant of privation them to put much successful the Tour arsenic a whole, not lone erstwhile it comes to prize money, but the wellbeing of players.

“Our 200th champion player, our 300th champion subordinate is struggling to marque ends meet.

“I don’t cognize if it volition hap successful my vocation beingness wherever it reaches that, but I privation to permission this athletics amended than I recovered it.”

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