{"id":7951,"date":"2025-04-10T13:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/7951\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:10:11","slug":"andy-roddick-has-heard-a-tennis-rumor-which-he-really-hopes-is-true-as-it-could-lead-to-big-change-at-grand-slams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/7951\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick has heard a tennis rumor which he really hopes is true as it could lead to big change at Grand Slams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The second Grand Slam of 2025 is fast approaching, as fans look forward to the stars of men\u2019s and women\u2019s tennis taking to the court in Paris.<\/strong><\/p>\n

World number one Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open<\/a> men\u2019s singles title earlier this year, securing his third Major crown with a straight sets victory over Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s side, America\u2019s Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam<\/a>, taking down Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set thriller on Rod Laver Arena.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

At Roland Garros, Iga Swiatek<\/a> and Carlos Alcaraz will look to defend their titles despite struggling for form as of late.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the French Open<\/a>, one former Grand Slam champion has shared his thoughts on a rumor he heard recently.<\/p>\n

Andy Roddick says he \u2018hopes\u2019 the rumor of top 20 players asking Slams for more prize money is true<\/p>\n

Speaking on his Served with Andy Roddick podcast, 2003 US Open<\/a> champion Andy Roddick gave his honest opinion on something he heard last week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cPrize money, percentage of prize money, is insane, it\u2019s laughably low,\u201d said Roddick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the rumors of the top 20 [players] on the men\u2019s and women\u2019s side writing a letter directly representing themselves to the Slams is true.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been reported, hopefully, we\u2019ll know more about it, and we\u2019ll talk more about it when it is confirmed. I hope that\u2019s the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n

News broke earlier this month that the top 20 players in tennis sent a letter to the four Grand Slams<\/a>, requesting an increase to prize money, relative to the revenue the events generate.<\/p>\n

Roddick then named the two other improvements he thinks players should be demanding from the Grand Slams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to beat this drum as much as I can, healthcare contributions from Slams [and] pensions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink about yourself not three weeks from now but 30 years from now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink about the people that are trying to be coaches, think about the people who are carving out a living, think about what your body is going to feel like.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by FRANCOIS GUILLOT\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel a lot different at 42, having gone through 15 years of professional tennis than probably most 42-year-olds.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsk those questions now so you can reap the benefits later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy Roddick says he would \u2018co-sign\u2019 one section of the PTPA lawsuit<\/p>\n

The Professional Tennis Players Association [PTPA] launched a lawsuit against the tennis tours<\/a> earlier this year, demanding changes in several key areas.<\/p>\n

Roddick expressed his concerns with the PTPA\u2019s case<\/a> but has now shared the one point they made he is definitely on board with.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Ilya S. Savenok\/Getty Images for PTPA<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say actually make it, if you\u2019re an independent contractor then you have free markets to play whatever events,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an incentive already to play in as many ATP [Tour events] and Slams as possible because of points. <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery rank, every endorsement is structured off of rankings that you get from those tournaments. You\u2019re incentivized to participate in them as much as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Chris Eubanks<\/a> mentioned a couple of weeks ago, if he gets some outlier offer to go play in something crazy or a corporate event or a Pro-am before the US Open or something where he can make a third round Slam money in a day.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Andrew Wevers\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he should be able to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PTPA mentioned that, for as many issues as I have that they get wrong, they pointed that out very clearly and I think that was something that I would co-sign for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen what the outcome of the letter sent by top tennis stars or the PTPA<\/a> case will be, but it will certainly be something to watch out for in 2025.<\/p>\n

Perhaps some of the changes proposed will be brought in ahead of the French Open, which begins on Sunday, May 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second Grand Slam of 2025 is fast approaching, as fans look forward to the stars of men\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[5065,4294,4723,5066,79,1068,16,15,5067,5068,5069],"class_list":{"0":"post-7951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-andy-roddick","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-australian-open","11":"tag-french-open","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-us-open","17":"tag-wimbledon","18":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114313836945620990","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}