Wimbledon cites the need for players to have a longer offseason, even as it raised its prize money by seven percent this year.
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WIMBLEDON CITES NEED FOR LONGER OFFSEASON TO LIMIT PLAYERS’ INJURIES
Wimbledon cites the need for a longer offseason, according to an official, in an effort to limit players’ injuries.
Furthermore, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is open to engage with the ATP and WTA to address issues regarding an offseason.
Moreover, chair Deborah Jevans acknowledged that there’s still no proposal to change the structure of the schedule.
AELTC chief executive officer Sally Bolton confirmed the change of doubles finals to 1pm.
Meanwhile, the singles finals will be set at 4pm.
“Whether’s that’s the doubles finals having greater certainty over their schedule,” the official said the change would be necessary.
She added that the change could ensure “that we have our champions crowned in front of the widest possible audience.”
PRIZE MONEY RAISED BY 7% AFTER WIMBLEDON LISTENED TO SEVERAL PLAYERS
The prize money for finals winners, according to All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) chair Deborah Jevans, was raised after they listened to the players.
Moreover, singles champions at the All England Club will now receive USD4.07 million each for the men and women’s singles divisions.
Furthermore, Jevans also reminded fans that there’s another challenge that affects the players.
“We have listened to the players. We have engaged with the players,” the AELTC official said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the prize money is an 11.1% increase to what Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova won in last year’s finals.
LINE JUDGES NAMED AS MATCH ASSISTANTS; ELECTRONIC LINE CALLING SYSTEM DEBUTS
This year’s Wimbledon will also see line judges named as match assistants
.Furthermore, the electronic line calling system will make its debut at the All England Club this year.
Moreover, AELTC chief executive officer Sally Bonton felt “the time is right to move on” in relegating the line judges as chair umpire assistants.
“They’re extra eyes and ears, the assistant to the chair umpire … we’ve got about 80 of those across the Championships,” the AELTC official said.
“They’ll also provide one of the parts of our resilience in the event that the electronic line calling system goes down at any point in time,” she added.
