Tennis stars have scrapped their planned Wimbledon media protest following ‘constructive meetings’ with the All England Club.
Despite a 20 per cent bump in prize money for this year’s Championships, top players including world No 1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka restricted their pre-tournament media duties to 15 minutes in protest at what they perceive as too small a share of the tournament’s profits.
Having done the same at the French Open, players here were planning on extending that protest throughout the first week, but a statement released by global communications firm Teneo, which is representing the group, read: ‘Following constructive meetings between player representatives and AELTC leadership over the weekend, players have confirmed they will resume normal tournament media duties from Monday 29 June.
‘This decision is based on Wimbledon’s commitment to return with specific proposals addressing all three points of the players’ July 2025 submission.
‘The underlying matters remain unresolved and players will carefully evaluate the proposals once received. Players will also be providing Wimbledon with further information they have requested in connection with those proposals during the course of the tournament.
Aryna Sabalenka is among the players who have called off their Wimbledon protest
‘Constructive dialogue with Wimbledon and the other Grand Slams will continue. The players and the Club will make no further comment at this time.’
More to follow.
