Wimbledon organisers hope to avoid repeat of player protests seen at French Open

WIMBLEDON organisers are keen to avoid player protests at the tournament seen at the French Open two weeks ago. Amid an ongoing dispute between a group of leading players and the grand slam tournaments, most of the world’s top stars limited their pre-event media activities to 15 minutes each. That symbolised what the players say is the approximately 15 per cent of revenue the French Open pays out in prize money — well short of the 22 per cent they believe the tournaments should be moving towards