Tennis Stars Plan Wimbledon Protest

Jannik Sinner joined a group to protest at the French Open.

Top tennis players will limit their media talks at Wimbledon. Jannik Sinner, Coco Gauff, and Aryna Sabalenka did this at the French Open too.

The players will take stronger action at Wimbledon from June 29 to July 5.

Players want more prize money and a say in decisions. Wimbledon increased prize money by 20% to £64.2 million. The players want 22% of the revenue.

The prize money is 14.4% of Wimbledon's revenue, not the 22% the players want.

The players will only do 15 minutes of media talks, as Wimbledon pays them less than 15% of its revenue.

The players told Wimbledon about their plan and welcomed the 20% prize money increase.

The players have three main concerns: prize money, a player welfare fund, and a formal player council.

The players' share of Wimbledon's revenue is 14.4%, which is lower than 10 years ago.

Wimbledon's leaders questioned the idea of sharing revenue, making it hard to agree.

Aryna Sabalenka may also take action during Wimbledon.

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Wimbledon's chair, Deborah Jevans, said players should not look at revenue when talking about prize money.

Jevans said using revenue to decide prize money does not make sense.

Jevans and CEO Sally Bolton hope players will see the prize money increase as a good thing.

The players' action may cause problems for the BBC.

At the French Open, players only did short interviews with the main broadcaster.

The BBC may have limited time to talk to top players during the protest.

The All England Club has not responded to the players' plan yet.

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